Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 854
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From: Cambridge UK
Bikes: 1903 24 spd Sunbeam, 1927 Humber, 3 1930 Raleighs, 2 1940s Sunbeams, 2 1940s Raleighs, Rudge, 1950s Robin Hood, 1958 Claud Butler, 2 1973 Colnago Supers, Eddie Merckx, 2 1980 Holdsworth, EG Bates funny TT bike, another 6 or so 1990s bikes
Technical challenge
If you lace your own wheels these flower patterns are very difficult to make true. Once you get them true they have to be ridden in and trued up again. Eventually they settle down.
A broken spoke means all five in the flower need changing.
Having a spoke threading tool makes it much easier.
Women love them.