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Originally Posted by Doc_Wui

Wide lens does funny things, I am sure the wheels are the same size.

I first did alternate in/out spokes with a single cross, but the spokes that came from inside wouldn't bend back to the wheel. They were bowed. I rode one around like that for a a few weeks before I decided it was bad. With all the spoke ends facing out they went straight to the holes.

Not a spoke expert at all, I just copied what someone did with 26" wheels on youtube. Single cross. Alternate in and out endsat first. Flange diameter is 108 mm, and spokes were 146 and 148 mm long. Saphim 13G down to 14G. Being rim brakes, the dishing went OK.

Yeah ... with a big flange and small wheel, you'll run into issues like that. There was a fellow having issues with his Rohloff wheel breaking spokes at the nipple and its flange is smaller than yours.

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