Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
It's called interlacing. Interlacing is a good thing, and I can't think of a reason not to interlace. They didn't interlace the wheels on the old Raleigh 3-speeds. I guess it took a while for them to discover the advantages of it.