Originally Posted by
gugie
I learned twice-first time was lacing pulling drive side only, twist, complete the drive side, flip, repeat on the other. Built many wheels that way. Went to another shop, they showed me the "Schwinn" method, saw that it was faster, built many that way. The quality of the wheel is probably the same. It's a chore best learned repetitively until you can do it while talking to a customer (LBS days) or watchinga ballgame or movie (nowadays)
I built my first set of wheels using the put in all the spokes "Schwinn" method. Oddly enough I rolled into my local Schwinn dealer with them, and they laughed at me for using such and old fashioned method.
IIRC that method results in an asymmetrical build pattern, which is sub optimal, depending on who you ask. Some people think it's better for the back. Anyhow, since my first foray, I've always built symmetrical with the pulling spokes inside, usually lacing the pulling spokes first. I'm not sure either method is clearly faster, once you've got it down.