From mahrens@u.washington.edu Tue Feb 11 10:11:31 1997 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA15140; Tue, 11 Feb 97 10:11:30 -0800 Received: from dante26.u.washington.edu (dante26.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.100]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with ESMTP id KAA12468; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:09:37 -0800 Received: from localhost (mahrens@localhost) by dante26.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with SMTP id KAA74402; Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:11:21 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 10:11:21 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Ahrens To: Jan Heine Cc: "K. Wolff" , Vicki Schroeder , Subject: Re: Magic spoke In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On the Double Butted spoke dilemma ?? I will attest to the loveliness of double butted spokes. They are just plain fine for everything. This coming from someone who races them and commutes with them. At times I commute with as much as 25-30 pounds on top of my hefty 185. The wheels in question are of course good quality (Fir rims) with Double Butted spokes handf built myself. Without exagerration I true them once a year whether they need it or not. Poorly built and poorly tensioned wheels will for sure be harder on Double Butted spokes. Heavy loads on rims without reinforced eyelets is also a recipe for rim failure. Bottom line is Double Butted spokes are fine. Straight gauge are HEAVY. Mark Ahrens *********** On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Jan Heine wrote: > Kevin, > > I do not see any reason NOT to use double-butted spokes. They are lighter, > and make stronger wheels. The little cost difference makes up less than $ > 10 per wheelset. However, as I understand it, Sally recommends AGAINST > using double-butted spokes, citing that the wheels wouldn't be strong > enough. > > Jan > > .