I have gone through the process of lacing this wheel, but I’m really curious as to why I’m seeing a pattern of two spokes where the nipples are not showing though their holes and two spokes where they are. What would cause that? All spokes are the same length and this is a front wheel. None of the holes are staggering.
by brannonglover
8 Comments
Get all the spokes under some tension and then take it from there.
Assuming the spoke length is correct as you start to tighten, the nipples will come through and seat in the rim holes.
How’d you do the spoke length calc?
Could it be that the rim should be slightly offset on the hub due to the disc brake?
Just by the looks of it I assume your spokes are on the longer side. Just try to tension them and you will see if they fit.
> I’m really curious as to why I’m seeing a pattern of two spokes where the nipples are not showing though their holes and two spokes where they are.
As /u/Outrageous-Egg7218 and /u/RightyTightey said, this is common until you put the spokes under some tension because the hub isn’t perfectly centered yet, it’s floating and thus the entire hub/spoke system can move around… you could do so and make *other* nipples enter the hub.
The lacing pattern of the spokes on one side seem to be offset by two flange holes from the photo.
It looks like you made a small mistake after you finished the first side of spokes, flipped the wheel over and started lacing part of the other side. The spokes next to the valve hole don’t follow each other the way mine normally do. It looks like one side of your flange is off by 1 hole.
Edit: foto for clarity. Your lacing is like the yellow lines, spokes on opposite sides of the hub cross ever so slightly. Red is how it is supposed to look, spokes follow each other, but don’t cross.
https://preview.redd.it/3n4hrqskf50h1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f1f280998c5e1c49b974aba69f496e82d666c8f
For a disc wheel there should be 2 sized spokes, non?