Originally Posted by
pressed001
Hey gents, quick question regarding this topic:
I have DA 7700 32 hole hubset and have just purchased some 32 hole H+son rims. I weigh only 150 and although I want the wheels to be robust, 32 hole is overkill. For example: I have built a 24 spoke super-light wheelset for my cross country mtb and have never had an issue.
Question: it sounds simple to build up a 1/2 laced rear wheel. I lace 2 cross all 16 DS spokes and then just 8 either radial or 1 cross for NDS. But, would that work for a 32 hole rim? I understand that some of the holes would be left open. Are there issues there that would make this a no-go?
Building it with 32 spokes would also be zero problem but I think the 24 would hold up just fine for me and would look better, minus the empty spokes holes.
Campagnolo essentially does that.
Lacing in triplets. Right/Left/Right.... (Space)... Right/Left/Right. With the right side crossed, and the left side radial.
I can't say whether it is any better to do it that way vs evenly distributing the spokes around the rim. But, evenly distributed, one gets two spokes close together pulling in the same direction. With the space, the two right spokes are mostly offset by the single left spoke.
I picked up an odd wheel from the bike co-op recently. Laced pairwise... right-right/left-left/right-right.... etc. The wheel has a horrible hop so something obviously went wrong sometime. I have to decide whether I want to try to true it as is, or relace.