When taking my wheels and hubs to a local bike shop I was told it would cost $456 plus tax to have them professionally laced. Because they have graduated a wheel building class, have a pegboard full of fancy dish gauges spoke tension tools and a main street overhead to cover, I can understand they could probably do it faster and better....however if I were racing the “YELLOW JERSEY EXPRESS” I would not do it myself. Lacing a wheel is very therapeutic and really offers up a great feeling of accomplishment plus you become more “one with your bike”. It’s sorta a ZEN thing...
Cross 3 is the norm indeed. For smaller wheels (say 20") cross 2 is OK as well. It gives a more perpendicular entry point of the nipple into the rim, and therefor a somewhat straighter spoke.
When taking my wheels and hubs to a local bike shop I was told it would cost $456 plus tax to have them professionally laced. Because they have graduated a wheel building class, have a pegboard full of fancy dish gauges spoke tension tools and a main street overhead to cover, I can understand they could probably do it faster and better....however if I were racing the “YELLOW JERSEY EXPRESS” I would not do it myself.
Lacing a wheel is very therapeutic and really offers up a great feeling of accomplishment plus you become more “one with your bike”. It’s sorta a ZEN thing...
Cross 3 is the norm indeed. For smaller wheels (say 20") cross 2 is OK as well. It gives a more perpendicular entry point of the nipple into the rim, and therefor a somewhat straighter spoke.
I chose the cross 3 because it’s going on a recumbent where there’s a tremendous side load on the 20” wheels otherwise you’re probably spot on.
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Yes. In fact I did this for my SWB recumbent bike. No problem. And a smaller rim is stiffer anyway.