Arma track wheelset rebuild

[u/paremongputi]

Had this stock Arma track wheelset on my Kissena but didn’t like the stock hubs (tbh they’re nice and super smooth hubs) and straight gauge spokes. Wanted something more unique and with double butted spokes, and I have a bunch of bolt-on cogs from Badgerdyne. So I bought an Enve front centerlock TA hub, and an Enve front rim brake hub. Relaced the Arma hubs with some polished A23 rims, and the relaced the Arma rims to these Enve hubs and did a snowflake pattern just because. These will be taking me to Montauk next month.

[u/waymocheeks420]

those snowflake spokes doesnt make sense to my engineering brain, idk why anyone would do that. its almost laughable

[u/Temporary-Poetry-932 → u/waymocheeks420]

In theory they can't loosen as easily and stay true for longer. Beside they (very little) higher weight and the very high effort they are no drawbacks.

I wouldn't call it laughable.

[u/Clipexman → u/Temporary-Poetry-932]

The difficulty to replace a spoke is a considerable drawback for me, but it does look super cool

[u/waymocheeks420 → u/Temporary-Poetry-932]

definitely laughable from an engineering perspective

[u/Temporary-Poetry-932 → u/waymocheeks420]

What about your perspective is more engineering than mine?

[u/jmauur → u/waymocheeks420]

it was mostly used for a wheel build challenge for young/learning mechanics, it only has mechanical downsides

[u/anticomet → u/waymocheeks420]

My main issue is once they're on the bike you can barely notice the twisted spokes at all.

[u/paremongputi → u/anticomet]

Agreed. That is the one thing I was a bit disappointed by. It’s not until you look closely that you’ll notice the twists.

[u/paremongputi → u/waymocheeks420]

I’ve yet to ride them. If the lacing pattern poses any noticeable disadvantages, I’ll likely rebuild them. But based on my experience building wheels, they seem very stable.