Originally Posted by
gugie
I was taught pulling spokes inside (head on the outside), as they get the most stress, and if your chain drops behind the largest cog, the outer ones get chewed up. I believe that's the gospel according to Jobst as well. But then,
some wheel experts differ...
What's
really important is to build a wheel so that looking down through the valve hole you should see the Campagnolo logo centered up.
All of this is approved by the ASFE.
Gospel according to Sheldon Brown and our shop mechanic at Life Cycle Cambridge, MA, 1977. (Sheldon used to come over to hang with the mechanic late afternoons. Discussed - 3-speeds, fix gears - including 3-speed fix gears - and spoke lacing.) Their argument for inside pulling is that the outside "static" spokes would tend to minimized chain suck into the hub flange/inside cog crevasse and minimize damage to spokes, chain, derailleur, etc. That's been my experience.