Originally Posted by panasoanic
In The Art of Wheelbuilding, Schraner first warns about how weak twisted spokes are and then writes something along the lines of "it's better for kids to roll spokes than to roll joints."
I would think it's the other way around, being much more productive to roll joints than mess with these goofy (though eye catching) spoke patterns.
It's a good idea for a useless lowrider show bike. A silly idea for a bike that is actually ridden. Especially one that's ridden hard, as I suspect many SS/fixies are.