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    Mark
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    Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger ? I've seen it on Paris
    Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks

    Mark

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  2. James Connell
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    Mark said:

    Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger ? I've seen it on Paris
    Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks

    Mark


    it is (or was) a common practice of wheel builders in the europe. 36 spoke, 3 cross, tied and
    soldered, standard fare at paris/rubuex <- did i spell that right? it doesn't give a wheel much, if
    any, more strength but it does keep a busted spoke from causing any more damage. there was afad a
    few years ago of twisting the spokes, silly idea.

    J

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  3. Stu
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    there was afad a few years ago of twisting the spokes, silly idea.

    ne.jpdisk and quick release some people still do it l must
    say, l didn't believe it until l saw the pics

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  4. D T W .../\\...
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    Quoted message said:

    Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger


    ?

    Quoted message said:

    I've seen it on Paris Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks

    Mark

    execulink.comfaq.htm

    look toward the bottom of this page

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  5. Andy Chequer
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    "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger


    ?

    Quoted message said:

    I've seen it on Paris Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks

    Mark

    If you google rec.bicycles.tech you will find this subject discussed ad nauseam.

    Andy Chequer

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  6. Bomba
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    James Connell said:

    it is (or was) a common practice of wheel builders in the europe. 36 spoke, 3 cross, tied and
    soldered, standard fare at paris/rubuex <- did i spell that right?

    Roubaix

    it doesn't give a wheel much, if any, more strength

    Quoted message said:

    but it does keep a busted spoke from causing any more damage. there was afad a few years ago of
    twisting the spokes, silly idea.

    Snowflaking. Stupid.

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