Wheelbuilders' thoughts...

[xtaffa]

On these...

=https://bankruptbikeparts.co.uk/pro...cRZd8VjMVXg_yrVb9RLwSeiWqN4x1sv4MZrbSvxmlxMAu

Considering as cheap replacement rear wheel for the pub/'gravel'/Licht Panzer bike.

Is that spoke pattern asking for trouble?!

Cheers!

 

[elite504]

If you have to ask....
Depends on what coming back from the pub entails!

 

[bikeworkshop]

If you put a bend in the rim, you can't really straighten them well unless you're lucky.

Not recommended for knocking around on.

These wheels get put in the scrap faster than those with an even spoke pattern.

Also bear in mind cheap wheels have cheap spokes, which tend to get brittle and snap after a year or two if they are used hard.

 

[jim haseltine]

What @bikeworkshop wrote. IMO, the only good things about that wheel is that it's got J-bend spokes and nipples you can get to without having to strip off the tyre. Back when I raced (ha! - that's one way of decribing it), standard bikes usually had 36 spokes in each wheel, maybe 40 in the rear wheel for heavy riders. I used 36 spoke wheels for winter training, then as I was on the light side of things back then 32 for the rest of the year, 28 spoke wheels for racing and occasionally a 24 spoke front wheel for flat time trials. Now, I see all sort of weird combinations of spoke numbers and patterns - often without proper lacing. It's almost like there's a push in parts of the business to treat wheels as consumable items. I gained a Fulcrum rear wheel with straight-pull spokes in a G3 pattern - even though I laced the drive side spokes properly I'll still only use it on my turbo trainer.