Just built my first wheel - pretty happy with how’s it gone so far, and planning to get it checked over before installing. However did notice bigger than usual gaps beteeen the spoke and the flange as it leaves the hub - it’s only a 16” Brompton wheel so the angles are steepish anyway - but does anyone reckon it needs washers? (Cable free Brompton trial and error photos coming to the Brompton thread soon!). Cheers all :)
All the steel bodied hubs like Sturmey, sram and others should really be build with washers. The flange is very thin and spoke holes are huge. I'd probably leave it rather than taking it apart tho.
Just built my first wheel - pretty happy with how’s it gone so far, and planning to get it checked over before installing. However did notice bigger than usual gaps beteeen the spoke and the flange as it leaves the hub - it’s only a 16” Brompton wheel so the angles are steepish anyway - but does anyone reckon it needs washers? (Cable free Brompton trial and error photos coming to the Brompton thread soon!). Cheers all :)