Another day with wheels (and so on).
I built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY reverse radial laced.
Using the same logic as yesterday, the WH-9000-C24-CL front wheel is spec'd at 578g,
this front wheel comes in at 546g and with rim tape adds 21g for a total of 567g,
but if it had been 16H instead, spokes would be 19g lighter and nipples 1g lighter.
Cutting corners on this 20g difference actually creates bigger rigidity penalties.
If you can feel the aerodynamic disadvantage from having four extra spokes
and you think that matters more than rigidity, then that's a different story.
I built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY reverse radial laced.
Using the same logic as yesterday, the WH-9000-C24-CL front wheel is spec'd at 578g,
this front wheel comes in at 546g and with rim tape adds 21g for a total of 567g,
but if it had been 16H instead, spokes would be 19g lighter and nipples 1g lighter.
Cutting corners on this 20g difference actually creates bigger rigidity penalties.
If you can feel the aerodynamic disadvantage from having four extra spokes
and you think that matters more than rigidity, then that's a different story.