[Yak] Re: option for upgrade sources

[John S. Allen]

At 02:40 PM 10/25/2008, alex wetmore wrote:

>The early Tikits were built with 36 hole hubs and 24 spokes.  You can
>read about that technique here:
>http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/36-24.htm
>
>I'm going to be doing the same thing on a wheel that I'm building with
>a SRAM i9 hub and the stock Tikit rim.

Neat technique unless the hub has more holes because you double the 
number yourself by drilling a new hole between every pair of holes. 
Then the holes in the flanges are directly opposite one another 
rather than offset and you must add a correction for that. Only works 
with a rather large flange though, otherwise the holes are too close 
together..

I once drilled a 36-hole Atom drum brake to 72 holes and then used 2 
of 3 holes with a 48-hole rim. The offset in that case was small 
enough that I could ignore it.

John S. Allen

Regional Director for New York and New England, League of American Bicyclists
League Cycling Instructor #77-C and Member of the League's Education Committee

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