Originally Posted by
Kimmo
...there's good reason to include every half-percenter you can think of.
According to Rinard's wheel test:"Because the bracing angle is increased, radial wheels are about 13% stiffer elbows out, all else equal."
Assuming that a cross pattern behaves pretty much as a mix between elbows out and in, radial, elbows out should be several whole % laterally stiffer than cross lace.