Hi!
I am building a Kyoto, and I was thinking instead of making those plates with 48 holes and rebuilding that wheel, would it not be a valid solution to weld the wheel with its steel hub right to the axle? I would empty the hub, and there are 2 inside flanges that I would have to widen a little to make the axle go through all the way through the hub, and these flanges seem to be about 3 mm thick at least. Has anyone tried this? Opinions? (I am using a 48 spokes 20 inch wheel and I think the inside flanges are closer to the flanges holding the spokes on my hub, compared to this image from the Kyoto instructions...)
I am building a Kyoto, and I was thinking instead of making those plates with 48 holes and rebuilding that wheel, would it not be a valid solution to weld the wheel with its steel hub right to the axle? I would empty the hub, and there are 2 inside flanges that I would have to widen a little to make the axle go through all the way through the hub, and these flanges seem to be about 3 mm thick at least. Has anyone tried this? Opinions? (I am using a 48 spokes 20 inch wheel and I think the inside flanges are closer to the flanges holding the spokes on my hub, compared to this image from the Kyoto instructions...)