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Old 03-17-15 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
I am building a rear wheel with a 36 hole Shimano Nexus 7-speed IGH. Normally it would a no-brainer to use a 3 cross spoke lacing pattern, but this hub has very large flanges with an 87mm spoke hole diameter. This is about 1" larger than even high flange track hubs, and my concern is that the extreme spoke angle will cause them to intersect adjacent spoke heads. So, I'm wondering if it would be better to go with a 2 cross pattern instead. Any thoughts ? Thanks.
If your rims are less than about a 30mm profile, 3X should be OK, but more than that, I go 2X for sure with hub flanges that large.
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