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Old 03-23-24 | 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by ehcoplex
An aside more than anything else here, but I recently picked up a '78 Raleigh Comp GS and both front and rear wheel were laced with the 'pulling' spokes on the inside on one side of the wheel and on the outside on the other...! Seems like it would be kind of a PITA to lace up a wheel this way, and.... why?
Machine-built wheels can be identified by their lacing pattern (if it is not radial), as the spokes are laced the same on each side, rather than mirrored as on hand-built wheels.
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