|   Is lightweight 24 XL spoke wheel safe to use for | OxO
Jan 17, 2002 2:48 PM | | 180lb rider, mostly xc on light fire trail washboard trail and street road. No heavy duty jump or cliff hanger stunt. |
| I have a 24h front...but then again, I'm 150lbs..not 180lbs..... | scream5204
Jan 17, 2002 4:58 PM | | it's really up to you. I don't ride huge drops, pure XC only. I'm 150lbs and the 24h front has NEVER Been out of true~! you might be able to pull it off if you use 14/15 gauge 3x cross pattern. The one I have is 14/15 radial lace. but I'm going to rebuild it on Ti straight gaugue 2x cross. radial is just not bombproof. |
| Mu CrossRocs are 20h and I weigh about 160lbs... | DIRT BOY
Jan 17, 2002 6:48 PM | | Never need truing after 6 months of hard XC racing/riding. |
| re: Is lightweight 24 XL spoke wheel safe to use for | rp
Jan 18, 2002 5:24 AM | | I weigh pretty close to 180lbs and run a three year old set of (tube version) crossmaxes - not the same as what you are talking about, but a fairly low spoke count nonetheless. I suppose I am too big for the wheel - at least according to most pundits - but they never go out of true. I race about 20 expert XC races a year on them... They are definitely more flexy for me than the intended riders though... |
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