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[toxin]

Radially laced spokes have an inherent geometrical advantage that will result in better lateral stiffness compared to crossed spokes. However they are very poor and possibly dangerous for transmitting torsional loads, which is why the disc side spokes need to be crossed, to transmit braking forces to the rim and tyre. Because the disc requires room to be mounted on the hub, the flanges and spokes need to be moved further towards the centre of the hub. This further worsens the geometry they are working with, in regards to resisting lateral forces on the rim, making that side of the wheel less laterally stiff.

So the disc side now has significantly worse lateral stiffness due to the double whammy of worse bracing angle and spoke arrangement. In order to counteract that and attempt to even out the lateral stiffness on both sides, you can reduce the number of spokes on the non-disc side by half (it can't really be more or less than that unless you want to create the mother of all headaches to design the rest of the wheel). The Roval CLX II nailed this almost perfectly with 18 spokes laced 2:1 and very even lateral stiffness

[SillyMochi]

Thank you for that in-depth explanation. Makes a lot of sense the way you put it!

[Ludo]

New ALiExpress coupons with better hight pourcentage discounts for the month of June 2025 :

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USA Only Bonus  :

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Any new coupons CouponBot?
Standard coupons just published are not great again.

[SillyMochi]

Just wait for 16th when summer sale is starting. New discounts and better codes (already on their website).

[Ludo]

I was referring to these new ones, 120 on 899 is not that great, I was hoping for a bit more…

[fhold]

Any new coupons CouponBot?
Standard coupons just published are not great again.

There are no new coupon codes atm. Just in case anyone want to get the codes themselves. You can find them via the telegram channel as posted some post earlier

[gf]

Hello, someone has experience with this kind of cassette?
What about shifting performances and durability?
Thanks

Ho appena trovato questo articolo su AliExpress:
113,48€ | SUNSHINE Cassetta per bicicletta ultraleggera per mountain bike Lega di alluminio Meccanismo CNC cavo 11/12 velocità HG compatibile con SHIMANO
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Ho appena trovato questo articolo su AliExpress:
113,69€ | SUNSHINE cassetta MTB ultraleggera CNC cassetta 10/11/12v mtb 46-52T HG ruota libera per trasmissione SHIMANO DEORE SLX XT SRAM
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[pavlo.k]

Hello, someone has experience with this kind of cassette?
What about shifting performances and durability?
Thanks

Ho appena trovato questo articolo su AliExpress:
113,48€ | SUNSHINE Cassetta per bicicletta ultraleggera per mountain bike Lega di alluminio Meccanismo CNC cavo 11/12 velocità HG compatibile con SHIMANO
https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eyg5jJu

Ho appena trovato questo articolo su AliExpress:
113,69€ | SUNSHINE cassetta MTB ultraleggera CNC cassetta 10/11/12v mtb 46-52T HG ruota libera per trasmissione SHIMANO DEORE SLX XT SRAM
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EvZGSuq

I didn't use this particular one but I've had a simian road version from ztto where half of the cogs were aluminium. It was really light but didn't even last a single ride. Chain started to jump on alu cogs about 50km into the ride and by the time I've got home those gears were pretty much unusable.

[mynox21000]

Hi guys,

Here is some new promo codes for summer sales, In case You want to buy somthing interesting! 

[Drumstick]

Any new coupons CouponBot?
Standard coupons just published are not great again.

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$45 off 259: IFPGNRZ (17.4%)
$60 off 349: IFPOQKV (17.2%)
$70 off 459: IFPJSET (15.3%)
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[PineappleExpress234]

Anyone have experience with any of the super budget bottom brackets like this

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Are they viable?

I bought a ceramic ZTTO PF30 to BB86 for about ~$25 AUD. Spins freely, no squeaks or other types of noises.
I got caught out in the rain during a tri, the BB became a bit crunchy so maybe be cautious depending on your riding conditions.
Im too soft to ride in the rain so it's not an issue for me