Lacing

[jollypoo]

"Radially" laced front wheels are beautiful.

 

But I have few questions and maybe there are a few points of view.

 

 

 

1/ Is this a weak spoke design? is it more susceptible to wheel flex?

 

 

 

2/ Is it OK to lace from any any side of the flange as long as both sides are the same?

 

 

 

 

[AndreZA]

"Radially" laced front wheels are beautiful.

 

But I have few questions and maybe there are a few points of view.

 

 

 

1/ Is this a weak spoke design? is it more susceptible to wheel flex?

 

 

 

2/ Is it OK to lace from any any side of the flange as long as both sides are the same?

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html but talk to to Johan Bornman about this.

[Johan Bornman]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I like crosses.

 

Nevertheless, radial spoking is a valid option with a few limitations.

 

1) Not suitable for MTB use, especially disc brake use.

2) Wheel flex is s function of rim strength and spoke thickness, not lacing patterns. The difference in spoke length between the extreme end of cross lacing and radial lacing is less than 10%. Further, the flexible part of the spoke, the thin shank, is just about the same length for short and long spokes. Therefore length and ultimately, lacing, doesn't lend to wheel stiffness.

3) Following on point 2 above, wheel stiffness is moot. Lots of people talk about it but cant tell you how they know their wheels flex. Basically, if they don't bend to touch the brake pads, they don't flex.

4) If the hub wasn't specifically designed for radialo lacing, the flange may break off at the spoke hole circle if radially laced and tensioned properly. If the brand of hub is Bontrager and it is radially-laced at the factory, it will still break, despite its apparent design not to.

5) If your existing wheel is cross-laced and you now move to radial, and particularly to an all heads-out pattern like you mention, then the hub will display ugly spoke marks.

6) All things being equal, a cross-laced wheel will stay true longer than a radial-spoked wheel.

7) Radial lacing doesn't offer any measurable advantage in aerodynamics.

8) Radial spoked wheels are easy to wash and don't eat your sponge.

 

[Johan Bornman]

"Radially" laced front wheels are beautiful.
But I have few questions and maybe there are a few points of view.

1/ Is this a weak spoke design? is it more susceptible to wheel flex?

2/ Is it OK to lace from any any side of the flange as long as both sides are the same?

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html but talk to to Johan Bornman about this.

 

I am bitterly disappointed to read your new tagline.

[Minion]

 

3) Following on point 2 above' date=' wheel stiffness is moot. Lots of people talk about it but cant tell you how they know their wheels flex. Basically, if they don't bend to touch the brake pads, they don't flex.

may break off at the spoke hole circle if radially laced and tensioned properly. If the brand of hub is Bontrager and it is radially-laced at the factory, it will still break.[/quote']

Johan, I think you left something out here.