SS 14g 36er Spokes breaking

The problem with short spokes it that it means fewer threads are engaged
in the nipple. This should cause failure at the nipples, not at the
hub.

Breakage at the elbows is typically caused by the constant loading and
unloading of the spokes as the wheel rotates. A soft wheelbuild can be
one cause. The other cause I can think of is if the holes in the hub are
drilled too large. 14 guage spokes are 2mm in diameter and should have a
hole no larger than 2.3 mm. The brass washers do help with this by
tightening up the interface. Brass is better than steel for the washers
because brass is soft and will deform to evenly distribute the load.

I'm guessing you can only get straight gauge spokes in coker sizes?
Double or Triple butted spokes would possibly help, but I wouldn't be
suprised if you told me availablility was an issue.


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