12-07-2014, 03:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: SW CT, Queens/Brooklyn NY, Bizarro World
Posts: 6,186
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Originally Posted by numbskull
Not to hijack, but what about spokes for a classic wheel build. My memory, which is getting softer every day, is that back when I started good wheels were built with Record hubs, Nisi rims, Clement silks, and double butted spokes. Are the latter still used? If not, why?
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Still used by me. DB spokes on at least 7 handbuilt wheelsets I have in rotation.
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Make mine lugged.
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