[CR]low spoke count wheel building quesiton

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

From: <Wornoutguy@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 11:33:13 EST
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]low spoke count wheel building quesiton

I picked up two Hi - E front hubs one is a 20 and the other 24 - the twenty four was already laced to a matrix rim with no eyelets (bladed DT spokes radially laced) a couple of the spoke holes were cracked severely and when I went to take it apart they pulled right through. I assumed this was from too much spoke tension??????? I built up the 20 hole and the rim is the same type I put just enough tension to get the rim straight and true. My question is how much tension does a low spoke count radially laced spoke require??

Thanks Sam DiBartolomeo Riverside CA