Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
Bob, what do you specifically mean by "best bracing angles? Do you mean the widest angles and therefore greatest stiffness? Do you mean closest angles between the two sides, so most even tension side to side? Some compromise?
In BHS hubs the variation from NDS to DS is fairly extreme. I find head-out radial on the NDS and 2X DS helps to balance this with only acceptable loss of stiffness due to lower NDS bracing angle. I'm interested in your reasoning which leads to a different conclusion. Frankly, I really like radial on the DS and 2X on the NDS. Overall improved stiffness, and with today's modern large diameter hub shells and axles, I suspect also efficient power transfer by driving through the NDS. Your thoughts?
I believe he means that 2x gives you spokes that are the most tangent to the hub flange.
Radial DS, 2x NDS? Are you sure you don't have this the other way around? Granted I'm not a wheel building guru, but I have heard from some pretty reputable builders (Sheldon Brown) that radial lacing is not appropriate for drive side usage. Some even argue it is not appropriate for rear wheel usage.