Front Wheel 24 spoke question

rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

Why take a chance? I'm guessing that you are hoping this bike can
handle potholes and other city hazards. Get a 32 hole rim, properly
built, and you'll have no worries.

Ed

A "28cc[sic]" tire? It's all techno-mumbojumbo to him not able even to
proofread his copy.

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rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front
wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern
be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

Why take a chance? I'm guessing that you are hoping this bike can
handle potholes and other city hazards. Get a 32 hole rim, properly
built, and you'll have no worries.

Ed

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:31:09 -0500, [email hidden] (rs)

Quoted message said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

If you've got the parts already, you could try. But I wouldn't buy
like that for a city bike.

JT

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rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

No.

Baird

Baird Webel said:

rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

No.

Baird

While I've never ridden a 26lb hybrid, my race bike plus ME weighs
about the same as RS and his hybrid combined, and I've ridden many
thousands of miles on 24 hole Mavic Open Pros with no problems. The
Aerohead, if built up well, is pretty bulletproof.

that said, I wouldn't do it, unless I had the parts already. If I was
starting from scratch, I'd go with a lower profile rim and more spokes
(36, preferably) instead of a low spoke count aerohead.

rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong?

For commuting you don't want to worry about it... get 32 good quality
DB spokes at least, and a strong, heavy rim (probably cheap, too). Lots
of people like Aeroheads, but they are light.

My apologies for offending Mr. Huffman by my inadvertantly placing two c's
instead of one after the 28 to indicate tire size. Everyone else seemed to
understand its a 28c wide tire, and normally I consider this a knowledgable
and gentlemanly group. I stand corrected.

As to the initial question I posed, yes I ran into some 24H 700C Aeroheads
inexpensively and have an interest in wheel building (or haveing them done
correctly if I screw up). But the prudent thing for the bad streets of
Oakland, CA would probably be to go with more spokes. And of course I wasn't
considering a 24H for the rear.

Thanks to all, I continue to learn from your collective experience.

RS

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A "28cc[sic]" tire? It's all techno-mumbojumbo to him not able even to
proofread his copy.

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rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front
wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern
be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

Why take a chance? I'm guessing that you are hoping this bike can
handle potholes and other city hazards. Get a 32 hole rim, properly
built, and you'll have no worries.

Ed

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 22:55:18 -0500, [email hidden] (rs)

Quoted message said:

My apologies for offending Mr. Huffman by my inadvertantly placing two c's
instead of one after the 28 to indicate tire size. Everyone else seemed to
understand its a 28c wide tire, and normally I consider this a knowledgable
and gentlemanly group. I stand corrected.

"28c" is not something that exists. 28/622 or 622-28 (or the other two
variants) would be a better way to say it, but '28c' isn't a unique
identifier even if you read it with understanding. 700C isn't the only
C-tyre, there's also among others 650C and 600C. Sure, we can infer, with
a fair degree of likelihood, that it's 700C you mean -- but you're being
wildly inaccurate in the labeling.

Jasper

rs said:

In a fairly light rim, such as a Velocity Aerohead, used for a front wheel on
a commuter/city bike with a 28cc tire, would 24 spokes in a cross-pattern be
sufficiently strong? Its for a 26lb hybrid bike, I'm 185lb, and would
probably use DT 14/15 butted spokes.

Tough to say with absolute authority but if you have the option, I
would recommend a wheel with more spokes and a heavier rim.

Unless you are somehow tied to a 24h, like that's the only hub you can
use, see above.. If it's gotta be 24h, use a heavier rim.