Originally Posted by
Kimmo
Or, I could use a slide rule and the ridiculously complicated formula a guy showed me the other week
Nah stuff it, I'll just use a computer
t = 360 * Crossings / Spokes_Per_Side
cos(t) =
If value is between 0.00 and .8660, then theoretically you are good to go without worrying about spokes blocking heads or severely kinked interlacing.
Nothing complicated about the above...
=8-)
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