Originally Posted by
Trakhak
An engineer friend of mine built up a pair of no-cross non-radial wheels like that in 1975 and rode them with no problems I ever heard about. Another guy built a pair of all-radial-spoking wheels; they seemed to last fine, too. I've been building wheels since the '60s, and I've learned not to dismiss unorthodox build ideas without evidence.
Doesn't Mavic make an all radial spoked rear wheel?
Regardless, the dismissal of most unorthodox wheel builds is simply due to the fact that there is nothing to be gained by using those build methods. Worse than that, those unorthodox build methods result in weaker wheels due to relying on a component to provide strength in a way that's different than the designers intended.
At least a radially spoked front or rear wheel uses shorter spokes and can reduce the tension differential (for a rear wheel). This all leading/all trailing pattern does neither.