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Old 12-20-05, 08:30 AM
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hello.
I was wondering, does anyone know of any websites with interesting spoke patterns shown.
im thinking of doing a 2 or 3 twist pattern and wanted to see some pictures first.
What weird patterns have people attempted here?
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heres one of the best for BMX:
https://www.gsportbmx.co.uk/custom/wh...ld/wheels.html
this is a general one:
https://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/papers/...heel-Paper.pdf
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36h - 3L, 3F is currently my favorite.

Enjoy
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Originally Posted by powers2b
36h - 3L, 3F is currently my favorite.

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yea...same here

here are a couple not-so clear pics of my ride...the rear wheel is 36h.."3leading, 3trailing"...



I mainly used pics from this site to mimick the lacing pattern .... https://www.terminalvelocity.demon.co.uk/WheelBuild/

and read sheldonbrown and jobst brandt for the build

gluck
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And you'd want to lace wheels in unusual patterns because...?
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Try this page.

https://www.terminalvelocity.demon.co.uk/WheelBuild/
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Originally Posted by NJWheelBuilder
And you'd want to lace wheels in unusual patterns because...?
possibility of gaining strength and less flexx
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Originally Posted by NJWheelBuilder
And you'd want to lace wheels in unusual patterns because...?
"it looks cool" isn't sufficient?
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Originally Posted by JMC
possibility of gaining strength and less flexx
I call bull ****.
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