Lately I've noticed that many suppliers aren't offering any 36 hole rims or hubs, as though they're going by the wayside. A quick check into the Phil Wood website shows they're only offering 36 hole in a few models. And another check into a major virtual bike shop with "36 hole" as a sort criteria showed only 19 rims available in that count among the nearly 60 available in 32 hole. BTW, when checking both sites I noticed "sold out" for almost everything - scary, I think.
On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 12:17:13 PM UTC-5 lconley wrote: > I would always go with the 36. One reason is that the spokes at the rim > joint cross, so the spoke tension is working to close the rim joint. This > was the reason to go to 44 instead of 40 or 48 many, many years ago, but I > think that 44 is an obsolete spoke count at this point. Rims are so much > better now that it probably does not matter any more. At 280, I have lots > of bikes with 40 and 48 spoke rims. But I don't break spokes on my 32 hole > rims either. > > Laing > Delray Beach FL > > On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 6:39:44 AM UTC-6 bjmi...@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hey all! >> Hypothetically...does an Atlas wheel set with 32 spokes for a 6'3" 210 >> pound dude make sense if he's on an unloaded Sam and using it as an >> all-road bike? No singletrack/mountain biking, jumping, etc... Tires would >> be AT LEAST 40mm, possibly up to 44mm. >> >> OR...is it 36h or bust if you're a big fellow? >> >> Thanks, >> Ben in Omaha >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a51bdef8-aa77-4856-86b3-f43b376f8a36n%40googlegroups.com.
