Bicycle Mechanics - anyone ever tried to lace a 28 hole hub to a 36 hole rim?

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legalize_it
06-15-04, 01:08 PM
well i think i figured it out....using a hybrid crows foot pattern.

please excuse my ugly photoshop work!

so what do you all think? hehehe

John E
06-15-04, 01:47 PM
You pattern should work, but its disadvantages are several different spoke lengths (and therefore unequal spoke tensions) and a paucity of torque/pulling spokes.
Rev.Chuck
06-15-04, 08:20 PM
Didn't I say you would need to use a crows foot pattern and it would still suck :) :(

legalize_it
06-15-04, 10:33 PM
now how do i go about figuring out the spoke lengths?
Applehead57
06-16-04, 11:01 AM
Very interesting pattern, very thoughtful. I don't have experience with what you're trying to do, BUT, with any of my projects, I ask myself this question: how likely am I to get really hurt? When you're flying downhill +30mph, will you have confidence in that wheel? I admit I don't trust myself to jury rig a wheel.
legalize_it
06-16-04, 12:21 PM
i dont really plan on riding the wheel seriously, if it ever gets built. more of just a show wheel i guess..... although im sure it will get the occasional ride, if it gets built, if i can figure out the spoke lengths!!