What is preferred lacing for PowerTap wheel build?

Asked by: Angela Lewinski

How to lace a rim?

Quote from video: Direction take that spoke cross it over two spokes. And under the spoke you counted from stick the spoke into the rim hold two holes clockwise from the spoke it crosses on the thread.

What is a trailing spoke?

Trailing spokes on the other hand as the name suggests follow leading spokes and are actually “pulling” the wheel forward then you crank up force on the hub. On standard cross lacing patterns, half spokes are trailing and the other half leading spokes.

How do you lace a 32 spoke 3 wheel?

Quote from video: Under one spoke under another spoke and then over the final spoke so it's under under over. We will continue that pattern and on the rim side.

How do you lace a four crossed wheel?

Quote from video: Over into skip a hole and this one sometimes the screwdriver comes in handy. Because you can actually push down on the nipple while you're threading it in you can get it started.

What is the strongest spoke pattern?

3x is the standard lacing pattern, because it is strongest.

How do you lace a two cross wheel?

Quote from video: So in order to get the proper lacing on your wheel set you need to pay attention to how many holes you skip before you put the next spoke through. So on the hub itself you go every second hole.

How do you lace a 36 spoke wheel?

Quote from video: Basically. Once you have your wheel rotating to make sure it's rotate this is rotated this way. So that it's away from that hole. Yeah I take this spoke.

How do you lace a 48 spoke BMX?

Quote from video: On it turn it on a few times drop. Next book is gonna go to the right or to the left doesn't make it matter which way you do it but you're gonna skip one hole on the hub on the flange.

How do you lace a motorcycle wheel?

Quote from video: If you look at the the rim you'll notice that the nipples they face some of them face left or right and then someone kind of face forward or backward.

How hard is it to lace a wheel?

Take your time. It’s mostly a patience thing. It won’t be really hard, just time consuming… easy to get frustrated the first few times.

How do you lace a radial wheel?

Quote from video: By simply adding an extra cross with two cross you're going to reduce the stresses on the hub flange. Significantly. Not only that but now your wheel will cope significantly better with torque forces.

What is radial lacing?

Racers who are really looking to shave weight and maximize performance, will usually rock a radially laced wheel up front. A radial (or 0-cross) pattern means the spokes go straight from the hub to the rim, like the radius of a circle.

What is lacing pattern?

The most common way for a wheel to be laced is with 32 or 36 J-bend spokes, arranged in a three-cross pattern. This means that every spoke intersects three others between the hub and the rim. Crossing the spokes over helps them handle the pedalling and braking torque being transmitted from the hub to the rim.

How do you lace a bicycle rim?

Put the spoke into the rim three eyelets counter-clockwise, lacing it over the spoke it crosses. Screw a nipple on a couple of threads. Repeat this (apart from the spoke crossing) around the wheel with each spoke going into the fourth eyelet clockwise from the previous one.

How hard is it to lace a wheel?

Take your time. It’s mostly a patience thing. It won’t be really hard, just time consuming… easy to get frustrated the first few times.

What is the strongest spoke pattern?

3x is the standard lacing pattern, because it is strongest.

How do you lace a motorcycle wheel?

Quote from video: If you look at the the rim you'll notice that the nipples they face some of them face left or right and then someone kind of face forward or backward.

How do you lace a 36 spoke?

Quote from video: Again you're going to skip one hole on that hub thread us back through one two three and put it into the fourth hole and so on and so forth until you've done all of the nine spokes.

How do you lace a motocross wheel?

Just work on one side at a time — inside right-side spokes into every fourth hole in the right side of the rim, then inside left-side spokes into every fourth hole in the left side of the rim. You will only need to thread the nipple onto the spoke a few turns.