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Radial lacing (no lacing) is fine for the front wheel, because there is no torque being applied at the hub that has to be transferred to the rim, unless you are using a disk brake. Torque transfer requires that the spoke have a force component tangential to the hub flange, and the more crosses that you have in the spokes, the more tangential component you will have. Also, high flange hubs will provide more tangential component for a given number of crosses, spokes and rim depth. Some fancy rear wheels are laced 2x or 3x on the right (drive) side, but radial on the left side, because most of the torque transfer occurs on the right side. All my track wheels are either 2x or 3x on both sides on the rear, but most are radial in front. Also, all my modern road racing and training wheels are radial in the front, and I've never had any problems.