Originally Posted by
alheim
You're a bit confused - those are in fact trailing spokes, not 'leading' spokes, as leading spokes face forward towards the direction of rotation (like my leading spoke that is too short).
I don't like using the term 'leading' or 'trailing" just because of this confusion. The real issue here is one of heads-in versus heads-out on the spokes. When you install the heads-in spoke first, it gets
really difficult later when you install the heads-out spokes. You end up having to thread the spoke through already-crossed spokes on the opposite side and have to bend the spokes severely in order to thread them through the opposite site. It's better to install the heads-out spokes first, then do the heads-in ones later.