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36vs48h,,, here, have an anecdote
Sasha:
48H, 4X is shit. Get yourself a wheelbuilder who can do the job properly.
erenes:
broke a spoke in 9 months and worte a post about it? LOL
dude...:
everyone who says 48s are shit are always smooth flowy style riders.
honestly if your a sketch cunt who does loads of grinds/drops/sketchy ass spins and/or isnt very good at maintaining a bike, 48s do make a difference. i see people go through so many wheels and break spokes weekly who would deffos benefit from 48 spoke wheels
weedbix:
erenes be like "That's cute"
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I'd stick to 3x. 36 4x feels like shit, too floppy. 48 3x is stiffer than normal. Occupying the middle is 48 4x and 36 3x
blue's anecdotal evidence might be a little appley orangey but I've gone from 48 to 36 more than once with the same products (and spoke size; 36 3x and 48 4x are the same length) and it's definitely more work.
It works though, it's just more maintenance and shorter rim life/more chance of a bad crash rooting the rim completely. There's good reasons we've moved to 36. But the impact of one third more spokes can't be negated just with skillful wheelbuilding or 4x on 36h, and you can hardly blame people for their appeal
Oddity:
I broke spokes left and right with 36h 4x, it's been a long while since I've broken a spoke using 36h 3x. Yeah it's more work, but keep it TIGHT! and they'll last longer.
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