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Lacing a 36sp wheel

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snoopy72:
Hi, I'm going to re lace a 36 spoke wheel into another rim because it's damaged, I plan on copying the front wheel, I can't get my head around the fact that the spokes bend over each other and cross under the next spoke making it look like a wicker basket  :LolLolLolLol: instead of being nice and straight , why is it like this on a bicycle rim ?  has anyone tried to lace it the other way and come across a problem ?
In the picture below it just looks messy to me, this is not my wheel just a pretty bad example of one.
If you try to remove the spoke between the letters A and I , you would have to remove the spoke between U  and K first to get it out.
Surely if you laced the spokes the other way around they would also be straight

That Swan Guy:
Don't think, trust :LolLolLolLol:

snoopy72:
This lacing looks much better

Devilock:
What the feck are you talking about? !

Lace it in the correct way, tighten, true & it will be fine.

If it isn't then you've done it wrong & Sean will visit with a chainsaw.

stidds:
That lacing on the white wheel is what is known as race lace, all the spoke heads are on the inside of the hub, that is a very specialist way of lacing a wheel.

The usual way is for half the spokes to be laced so the heads are on the inside and half on the outside, that way you don't have so much undulation of the spokes.

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