Now comes the final steps of the wheel lacing. I place one spoke on the drive side and another opposite it through the wheel and because there are now nothing in my way to do the lacing from outside of the wheel. The lacing pattern is set and all that is left to do is place the seven additional drive side spokes in the hub and then place all nine of the NDS spokes through the wheel so the work can be done from the outside of the wheel. It makes the work go smoothly and the spokes all are set in place and lace up easily. Aside from doing this work with the stops to take pictures and tell the story, I think it has take about 40 minutes to do this part of the build. The final stage is going to be done on the truing stand and I will explain he process there as I get to it. I'm done for tonight but I think there is plenty here to digest and I think I will have to answer a few questions. Smiles, MH

These tow spokes will set the wheel for it's finsh

The spokes are placed into the hub from the inside to the outside. And then laced over two and under one spoke for it's final position. The way it looks in place

both spokes in place and laced holding the wheel into position for the rest of the lacing work

When the spokes are put from the inside out there are no impediments to the lacing

Same here easy-peasy lacing

All spokes after will fall right into place for ease in the build process.