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Old 03-14-10 | 09:30 AM
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I don't know where to start.....

I've built hundreds and hundreds of wheels and spent many hours playing with "non-standard" spoke patterns......

Unless you are using purpose-built hubs like Mavic and others, there is an undeniable efficacy in symmetrical spoke patterns. Most hubs are not designed with flanges that can tolerate significant radial loads, nor are they designed to withstand significant twisting forces on the shell.

As a builder, my wheels stand up to the test of time and use because nothing I'm doing pushes the materials past what they were designed to do. This goofy hyper-twist design serves no purpose other than the gee-whiz-neato factor, and I seriously doubt you could get one up to proper tension and have it stay straight long enough to get any use out of it.
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