Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Dayton, Ohio
Bikes: 1975 Full Campy N.R. Centurian Super Lemans,1984 Focus Vintage pre susp. mountain, hardtail,suntour xc sport, many treks, diamondbacks, and, 1950' crusier J.C.Higgins,triex (road) and kakakura silk (road)
I might be old school but three cross or even four cross is way more strong.
The spoke ping is caused by micro flex in the hub, in other words the hub wants to spin, the rim doesn't.
The rear wheel doesn't just roll, it has to drive or push the bike forward. A two cross lace pattern has an impossible time tranferring the power from the crank to the chain and hub and lastly to the rim and tire because of micro flex.
A quick solution would be to band together all spoke intersections and silver solder them.
resulting in a much stiffer wheel.
"King"