Re: [CR] Strong/Longlived Wheels

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

From: "cmontgomery" <cmontgomery15@cox.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:03:13 -0700
Subject: Re: [CR] Strong/Longlived Wheels



> Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> The biggest key to a strong
> > wheel is uniform spoke tension. This cannot be achieved that well on
> > a dished rear wheel, but it should be possible to achieve fairly
> > uniform tension on a front wheel

As an aside, my loyal, trustworthy, and hardworking MA-2 built onto a Maillard fixed-free finally died. First an eyelet popped out a couple years ago, but I kept on commuting on it. Finally the rim cracked at another eyelet after tightening the spokes (too much me thinks). I bought the Maillard, 15/16 DT's, and rim new and built 'em up in 1985. Can't complain about that.

Craig Montgomery
Tucson