The author of this article talks about vertical compliance but when I sat through a presentation on these rims from Sram I can't remember it being mentioned at all! it was all about twisting motion and not deformation at the actual spoke interface. It's that twisting motion (like an ankle as mentioned somewhere above) that allegedly provides the compliance, not up / down movement.
June 8, 2019, 3:27 p.m. - trumpstinyhands
The author of this article talks about vertical compliance but when I sat through a presentation on these rims from Sram I can't remember it being mentioned at all! it was all about twisting motion and not deformation at the actual spoke interface. It's that twisting motion (like an ankle as mentioned somewhere above) that allegedly provides the compliance, not up / down movement.