Thread: Breaking Spokes on Fixed Gear Wheel, Lacing Pattern?
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Old 08-29-16 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by dabac
For an evenly dished, torque-carrying wheel, I can't think of any pattern better than good ol' 3X.
For 36 or more spokes, 4X. Kinder to rims and hub flanges. (And riders on rough roads.)

Ben (with way over 100,000 miles on 4X wheels)
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