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Title: race laced spoke
Post by: motomagII on November 15, 2010, 07:26 PM

whats the length of spokes to be used for race laced fron on suzue low flange onto sun (7x rim)please

and anyone know got link to how they are laced this way  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: dancetothedrummersbeat on November 15, 2010, 08:03 PM

mine are 3 cross pattern. one wheel has 184's and the other has 190's. Can't remember which way round though...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/P1010114.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/af3/dancetothedrummersbeat/P1010342.jpg)

Hope this helps

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: stidds on November 16, 2010, 11:32 AM

Not sure about the spoke length Greg, but Race Lace spoke pattern is where all the spoke heads are on the inside of the spoke flanges, I know it can be spoked 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x but 4x was the bmx way iirc.

This is the pattern, as you can see all the heads point inwards......


(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/racelace.jpg)

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: Peter J on November 17, 2010, 09:51 AM

I'd tried to do some info digging on Race Lacing for BMX's...but didn’t get very far  :'(

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-93232.html

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/lofiversion/index.php/t4005069.html

http://spokeanwheel.110mb.com/lacingcl.htm

http://spokeanwheel.110mb.com/lacingcl.htm#rl

This is something to play with.... http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/spokes/spoke_pattern_explorer.html

And if you enjoy your teck stuff this is a very good read..... http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/papers/HPGavin-Wheel-Paper.pdf its a little bit out of date but the theory is sound  :coolsmiley:

Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, however I thought you only needed to race lace the rear, it was used to make the back wheel stiffer.... :-\

I wanted to do my rear "race lace" style but could find any info on how to lace em  :'(

Maybe some of the guys who raced BITD could shed some light on this  ;)

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: stidds on November 17, 2010, 10:41 AM

Quote from: Peter J on November 17, 2010, 09:51 AM

I wanted to do my rear "race lace" style but could find any info on how to lace em  :'(

Maybe some of the guys who raced BITD could shed some light on this  ;)

See my post above Peter, all spoke heads on the inside of the hub flange and then laced in the usual pattern.

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: Peter J on November 17, 2010, 11:20 AM

Saw the piccy....looks very nice  :smitten:

Going to have a fiddle  :shocked: over the weekend with a spare rim/hub/spokes see how it turns out  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: race laced spoke
Post by: MartyC on November 17, 2010, 12:37 PM

Quote from: Peter J on November 17, 2010, 11:20 AM

Saw the piccy....looks very nice  :smitten:

Going to have a fiddle  :shocked: over the weekend with a spare rim/hub/spokes see how it turns out  :daumenhoch:

BMX Action did a how to on race lacing too, will see if I can dig it out too  :daumenhoch: