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Title: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: meticulous on February 27, 2009, 07:08 PM
i used 194mm spokes, and found out they are too long, think they should have been 184mm spokes.....

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ii194/quattro2008/bmxpickies042.jpg)     :4_17_5:

only took about 15mins, dead easy following the instructions in the stickies, does anybody know what lenth spokes i should have used?   
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: lazychubs on February 27, 2009, 07:14 PM
did you do it 3 or 4 cross as you could move em round more and prob lose the slack
and for some reason it doesnt look right i think youve laced the spokes wrong from the valve
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: HEYWOOD BMX on February 27, 2009, 07:14 PM
Shorter ones?
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: meticulous on February 27, 2009, 07:23 PM
 I think its because the spokes are all slack, i did it 3 cross, exactly how stidds does it in the stickies, it looks right (i think)compared to other wheels ive got....
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: lazychubs on February 27, 2009, 07:31 PM
its just that the two spoke that go either side of the valve are wrong
as they should be dead straight to each other but on opp side of hub
is hard trying to explain lol
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: meticulous on February 27, 2009, 07:57 PM
cannot check now as i have cut all the spokes off.... 

anybody know what spoke lenth i need?
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: lazychubs on February 27, 2009, 08:05 PM
ok lol im sure i used 186 mm i will see if any left and measure it
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: fouronethreeoh! on February 27, 2009, 08:07 PM
184mm with 14mm long nipples for 3 cross pattern.
194 for 4 cross pattern.
The good thing about lacing wheels is if its not right you can undo them and start again.
Having a whole wheel to copy does help a bit  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: had a go at lacing my wheel.....
Post by: lazychubs on February 27, 2009, 08:09 PM
mine were deffo 186 mm with normal nipples and 192 mm for me new skool wheel
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