Originally Posted by
JimBeans83
- you will have trouble (I think) lacing a drum brake hub to a 16" wheel. 3 cross to a 406 is almost at limits of bending spoke/nipple. Disc of course dont have such large flange area.
3x? I'd not go higher than 1x for a high flange on a small rim. This will keep the tangent angle of the spoke in the appropriate range (which is the purpose of using higher crosses on larger rims).