Originally Posted by sweetbike
Im doing my fronts radial laced.. although I hear that doing radial for the fronts is not a good idea. I was told that theres a very similar lacing that looks like radial,, but I forgot what it was called. Anyone know?
Radial lacing is better on the front than on the back. It works better with large-flanged hubs, or hubs with less holes (more metal) on the flanges (i.e. 40-hole or small flange is Not Good). The non-drive side of the rear can be done radially, but to radially lace the drive-side of the rear is a Very Bad Idea.
There's a very pretty "3-leading/3-trailing" design I'm about to try - it's on
Rowland Cook's web-site, and the nice thing is that it uses 36 (x3 length) spokes - so if I don't like it, I can always re-lace the wheel as a regular 36 (x3) without wasting the spokes.
- Wil