jwilson165
06-09-06, 10:51 AM
tornado style laced rim. looks like it would fall apart to me.
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - anyone seen this?
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onetwentyeight
06-09-06, 10:54 AM
I know a messenger in sacramento who has his wheel laced that way and he rides the hell out of it with no problems.
jwilson165
06-09-06, 10:55 AM
kinda looks cool i would rock it. just not what im used to
hyperRevue
06-09-06, 10:59 AM
I love crazy twisted spoke patterns.
A lot of people hate them.
A lot of people hate them.
dirtyphotons
06-09-06, 11:00 AM
some claim that this pattern is stronger. i have no idea myself, but it looks like a PITA to lace.
carleton
06-09-06, 11:02 AM
I know a messenger in sacramento who has his wheel laced that way and he rides the hell out of it with no problems.
+1
Me, too. Not an Sacramento, though.
+1
Me, too. Not an Sacramento, though.
onetwentyeight
06-09-06, 11:05 AM
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/oct/ArtVandelay-1.jpg
Landgolier
06-09-06, 11:08 AM
A friend of mine who is a good wheelbuilder did a set of these for S&G's, he said it took him like 10 hours to do the set. This is a guy who can whip up a front wheel in 30-40 min.
I never did ask him, but how the heck do you calculate spoke lengths for that shizz?
I never did ask him, but how the heck do you calculate spoke lengths for that shizz?
Hobartlemagne
06-09-06, 11:10 AM
Are those safe for rear wheels?
hyperRevue
06-09-06, 11:21 AM
http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/oct/ArtVandelay-1.jpg
My friend Joe's bike.
Probably my all-time favorite.
My friend Joe's bike.
Probably my all-time favorite.
Cynikal
06-09-06, 11:22 AM
I know a messenger in sacramento who has his wheel laced that way and he rides the hell out of it with no problems.
Is that the guy with the Pista Concept with the red phil in the rear? Great bike.
I've seen a Chub laced up like that in town as well.
Is that the guy with the Pista Concept with the red phil in the rear? Great bike.
I've seen a Chub laced up like that in town as well.
trons
06-09-06, 11:23 AM
super ugly
onetwentyeight
06-09-06, 11:25 AM
Is that the guy with the Pista Concept with the red phil in the rear? Great bike.
I've seen a Chub laced up like that in town as well.
He had a concept i think. He has a red anchor now, and the back wheel is a spinergy.
I've seen a Chub laced up like that in town as well.
He had a concept i think. He has a red anchor now, and the back wheel is a spinergy.
pitboss
06-09-06, 11:28 AM
The Never True
absntr
06-09-06, 11:28 AM
My friend Joe's bike.
Probably my all-time favorite.
I've loved that Kalavinka for quite a while now. Very nice. How's it look now? A bit more beat up? I always thought that bike would look really nice, aged.
Probably my all-time favorite.
I've loved that Kalavinka for quite a while now. Very nice. How's it look now? A bit more beat up? I always thought that bike would look really nice, aged.
juvi-kyle
06-09-06, 11:29 AM
super ugly
+1
+1
hyperRevue
06-09-06, 11:32 AM
I've loved that Kalavinka for quite a while now. Very nice. How's it look now? A bit more beat up? I always thought that bike would look really nice, aged.
Still in nice shape.
His Bareknuckle is his "work" bike.
Oh, and it's even more beautiful in real life.
Still in nice shape.
His Bareknuckle is his "work" bike.
Oh, and it's even more beautiful in real life.
killsurfcity
06-09-06, 11:33 AM
love that ****. but for my money a leading/trailing setup looks equally as cool and is a smarter and truer way to go.
Cynikal
06-09-06, 11:51 AM
He had a concept i think. He has a red anchor now, and the back wheel is a spinergy.
You're right, he had the twisted spoke wheel on the front. Nice guy, I forget his name. He has been at a couple of the races here.
You're right, he had the twisted spoke wheel on the front. Nice guy, I forget his name. He has been at a couple of the races here.
lyledriver
06-09-06, 12:25 PM
awesome, until a spoke breaks.
Tangsooyuk
06-09-06, 12:27 PM
Are those safe for rear wheels?
This guy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_d/153990529/in/set-72157594146342059/) seems to do fine riding them on the street. messenger from the midwest from on of my fav. photo sets on flickr.
This guy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_d/153990529/in/set-72157594146342059/) seems to do fine riding them on the street. messenger from the midwest from on of my fav. photo sets on flickr.
hyperRevue
06-09-06, 12:29 PM
This guy (http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_d/153990529/in/set-72157594146342059/) seems to do fine riding them on the street. messenger from the midwest from on of my fav. photo sets on flickr.
Haha, aparently us Milwaukee kids are crazy for our twisted spokes.
Haha, aparently us Milwaukee kids are crazy for our twisted spokes.
BostonFixed
06-09-06, 02:21 PM
I never did ask him, but how the heck do you calculate spoke lengths for that shizz?
Add 2 mm to 3x length..
Add 2 mm to 3x length..
shawnrock@gmail
06-09-06, 02:46 PM
His name is Josh. He's not a messenger, unless he had a career change over night. Awesome dude.
mrbertfixy
06-09-06, 02:55 PM
Add 2 mm to 3x length..
i think marcus at yojimbos said add 1mm for each time you twist it.
i think marcus at yojimbos said add 1mm for each time you twist it.
BostonFixed
06-09-06, 03:00 PM
i think marcus at yojimbos said add 1mm for each time you twist it.
Most of those wheels are twisted twice, no?
Most of those wheels are twisted twice, no?
onetwentyeight
06-09-06, 03:10 PM
His name is Josh. He's not a messenger, unless he had a career change over night. Awesome dude.
ah whoops. i may have gotten him mixed up with someone elses story. I just remember he lived in sacramento. saw him at freewheel last weekend.
ah whoops. i may have gotten him mixed up with someone elses story. I just remember he lived in sacramento. saw him at freewheel last weekend.
mihlbach
06-10-06, 05:28 AM
I read somewhere, I think in one of the the several books about wheelbuilding, that twisted spoke patterns are not as strong as standard 3 cross...but that its better for you kids to spend time building twisted spoke wheels than doing crack.
gnatthew
06-10-06, 06:24 AM
Are those safe for rear wheels?
I've got one laced like that to a rear chub, and it's been fine for a damn long time now. Stiff as ****. The theory behind it sounds kooky ("virtual flange"?), but I'm a fan of the results.
I've got one laced like that to a rear chub, and it's been fine for a damn long time now. Stiff as ****. The theory behind it sounds kooky ("virtual flange"?), but I'm a fan of the results.
eyefloater
06-10-06, 07:14 AM
I read somewhere, I think in one of the the several books about wheelbuilding, that twisted spoke patterns are not as strong as standard 3 cross...but that its better for you kids to spend time building twisted spoke wheels than doing crack.
"The Art of Wheelbuilding"
"The Art of Wheelbuilding"