Originally Posted by
SortaGrey
Another reason I have not laced 'heads in' to date radial.. is I suspect inbounds are more susceptible to 'head slap' on hard impacts. Whereas outbound's tend to contact the hub at a pt.. methinks minimizing said head slap. [?].
Like you I usually lace radials head in, but not out of a concern about spoke breakage. I only lace radial for front track wheels where lateral rigidity is at a premium. Elbow out maximizes the bracing angle increasing rigidity which is why I did it in the first place.
That said, most builders build radials elbows in and I don't know of any issues of spoke breakage with that.
As I said earlier, the way to prevent the "spoke slap" you describe is to increase elongation by using lighter spokes.