zeddrick
1 mW
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2020
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Would there be any reliability/strength advantage in using a steel wheel over a regular alloy one for a direct drive hub motor? I wouldn't be concerned with the extra weight. It seems like all DIY hub kits come with cheap 12g spokes that don't work well with alloy bike rims because they require more tension than the alloy rim is made for. So I was thinking that maybe a stronger steel bicycle wheel would be better suited for short 12g spokes because the steel should be able to handle higher tension right?
I've had my 1200w ebikeling direct drive kit for a few years now and it started snapping the original 12g spokes around the 3k mile mark, afterwards I got custom cut 14g butted spokes from ebikes.ca and rebuilt the wheel with those but after about 2.5k more miles I had one of these new spokes break on me. So now I'm just looking at how I can affordably make a super reliable DD hub wheel setup. I'm constantly worried about spokes breaking now.
I've had my 1200w ebikeling direct drive kit for a few years now and it started snapping the original 12g spokes around the 3k mile mark, afterwards I got custom cut 14g butted spokes from ebikes.ca and rebuilt the wheel with those but after about 2.5k more miles I had one of these new spokes break on me. So now I'm just looking at how I can affordably make a super reliable DD hub wheel setup. I'm constantly worried about spokes breaking now.