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Originally Posted by zandoval

OK... Just looked um up, I get it. The more crosses the stronger the wheel (torsion).

The more crosses the better for strength but the angle of the spokes in the picture seams to touch the heads of the other spokes. It just looks strange to me. Maybe its just the way the hub is designed. I have seen 4x on BMX bikes and they don't touch. I have also seen 4x lacing on a few of the touring bikes that come through my area.

Anyway FB, thanks, I get it now...

Touching the heads is incidental, and doesn't matter EXCEPT, it can be a bit of an annoyance if replacing a broken spoke in the field.

Whether it happens or not depends on the flange size and number of holes. On this hub, the curvature is such that the next hole doesn't move out of the adjacent spokes line. You may not see this with BMX, either because of more spokes or a smaller flange.

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