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Wheelbuilding a rim with offset holes – how to lace?

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Asked by: Ellis Lambert

How do you lace a three crossed wheel?


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.

How do you lace a 28h 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 hub on a rim?

Put the spoke into the rim four eyelets clockwise from the valve hole, lacing it over the spoke it crosses. Screw a nipple on and repeat this (apart from the spoke crossing) around the wheel. Each spoke should go in the fourth eyelet clockwise from the previous one.

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 the strongest spoke pattern?

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

What is a 3 cross spoke pattern?

3-cross is one of the few terms in cycling that is used correctly. A 3-cross spoking pattern means that every single spoke crosses three other spokes on its journey between your hub flange and your rim. We generally call this style and other cross over methods of spoking as tangential spoking.

Can you 3 cross a 28 hole rim?

3x is fine but 2x can be as good or better on 28 hole rims.

How do you lace a 36 hole 3 Cross?

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.

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.

How do you lace back wheels?

Quote from video: So what we do in that case is we thread a feeder. Like placing the nipple. On a fear spoke. And we will use that as a tool from the outside to thread it on a lot of rims and it's a good idea on.

How much does it cost to Respoke a bicycle wheel?

If the wheel is fixable–it generally looks good but has a wobble–you can expect your local bike shop to charge $20 – $30 to true it using professional equipment like a truing stand for the perfect line and roundness.

How do you lace a 36 spoke wheel?

Quote from video: Pull this new spoke up to the rim alongside of the neighboring spoke. So that both of them are running in a line together up to the rim. You will now count 10 holes away from the neighbor spoke.

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.

Is radial lacing good?

If you care for looks, you might consider radial lacing. On front wheels with rim brakes, only. If you want a disk or hub brake on the front wheel, forget about radial lacing. There is nothing that justifies the losses in structural robustness due to the immense tension that braking can put on those poor radial spokes.

What is a tangentially spoked wheel?

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How do you lace a 36 spoke wheel?

Quote from video: Pull this new spoke up to the rim alongside of the neighboring spoke. So that both of them are running in a line together up to the rim. You will now count 10 holes away from the neighbor spoke.

How do you lace a 36 spoke bike?

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 36 hole rim?

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.

How do you lace BMX wheels?

Quote from video: He goes behind the third and dropped down in the hole designated for that side. And then you basically just repeat that same process over and over again just repeat the process down. The other side.