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Is my lacing right?
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Ok, I tried my best to follow sheldon step by step, but for some reason this looks backwards to me.
I took picture of the DS Attachment 177522 Attachment 177520 And NDS Attachment 177521 Attachment 177523 I looked at my other wheel (not built by me) and it looks a lot different. Are my heads in/out trailing/leading spokes alright? I've looked at the videos I can find on youtube and it looks like the wheel I just did (and took pictures of) is right and the rear wheel i'm comparing it to is the wrong one. Any confirmation that i'm ok or bashing me for being so wrong? (I put the book in to help show just that side of the hub, so all of the other spokes wouldn't clutter the image) |
I think it looks fine.
If there's anything wrong with the lacing, then you'll find out when you can't tighten the spokes anymore, but there is still considerable slack. |
Ok, I realized it's hard to tell if the spokes are going over or under. On both the DS and NDS the spokes with heads-in go "over, over, under"
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Originally Posted by AEO
(Post 11760616)
I think it looks fine.
If there's anything wrong with the lacing, then you'll find out when you can't tighten the spokes anymore, but there is still considerable slack. |
Originally Posted by vantassell
(Post 11760593)
I looked at my other wheel (not built by me) and it looks a lot different. Are my heads in/out trailing/leading spokes alright?
Anyhow, if build quality is otherwise OK (tension, wind-up, seating, stress relief etc) these differences tends to be marginal in terms of wheel performance and durability. |
vantassell, Not being a very good wheel builder myself I pay a lot of attention to the gurus. I orient the trailing spokes heads in. I absent mindly rebuilt a wheel backwards and it didn't effect anything.
Brad |
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