Published by Tristan on 08 Jun 2010 at 12:59 pm
Gerard’s Grammo carbon rebuild
Gerard found this 16 spoke front wheel too flexible so he approached me about what could be done to increase the lateral stiffness.
For budgetary reasons a new hub wasn’t feasable but I managed to increase the lateral stiffness by just shy of 20% by using a stiffer spoke (DT Swiss Champion rather than Competition) and moving the spoke’s elbows to the outside of the hub flange.
The result is a minimal (21 gram) gain in weight and a good improvement in stiffness.
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