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I loathe and despise paired or grouped spoke attachments to rims, with big unsupported arcs between them (I'm looking at you Campagnolo {and their imitators}, with your counter-factual, marketing-driven G3 malarky. GITB). These patterns make the wheel impossible to true accurately, once they've had a knock or two, and the wheel needs a heavier rim to withstand the point loading that the spoke groupings apply. Also: aluminium spokes. Which jeenyus thought those up? I haven't seen a wheel more than 5 years old where one or more nipples haven't seized onto the spoke it's threaded to, meaning that you twist, fatigue then snap the spoke as you attempt to turn the nipple. Or lightweight steel spokes into alloy nipples without proper thread prep compound. Pshaw!

Would a greater number of spokes and more crosses be better for a bike that carries a lot of weight?

Lifesaver!! I just did a headset maintenance, went out to ride, clunking headset, wobble in the stem.. I thought I had put it back together wrong or missed a spacer. Turns out I just needed to do the first step here. Bingo !!!!

So, you don't think it was the crossed spokes making the creaking sound?

I've seen snowflake and crows foot. Super neat. My favorite personal one is 2:1 lacing patterns for mismatched hub and rim, though I'm no Clyde and those wheels aren't heavy duty.

Currently waiting for my spokes for my first build. 24/28 hole 2 cross. Using black and silver stainless spokes. All leading black, all trailing silver. Eventually, I plan on rebuilding my single speed bikes wheels as a snowflake.

It's rare for me to watch a 20min YT video at one go. This is one of them.

I'm just here for the music.

It’s allways bin 3 cross for me 🚲💨

My favorite to build is 3x with a twist at the 3rd cross. Just fun. My race wheels I build are just standard 3x. I also like the "crowd foot" a 2x with a radial up the center. Light and unique.

Could never get it right😮 thanks man; if you do it in this order, you can't miss.

Calvin Rules

A+ Amazing instructional video!

Nooooooo!!! My beloved park tool videos have been tarnished by talk of electronic motorcycles. This was supposed to be a safe space 😞

Para bicicleta electrica.cual es recomendable.3.cruses.?...o.,4 Cruces..

Cuál más recomendable para bicicleta de montaña 29.....tres cruces .o. cuatro.???.

Yeah right. And within a few years there will be lack of certain spare parts and the apropiate tools, so we will be forced to throw away our good bikes and buy new ones.

Why cant newly hired bicycle mechanics watch these and learn instead of doing the sloppy job?

I would love to get your opinion on the old practice of tying the spokes at the final cross. I think it was big for people that did touring and loaded down their bikes for long distance trips.

checked everything and it still wont shift to the smallest cog? would my cable be to tight?

What about tied and soldered wheels? Used to see that in the old days

Why not use foot pounds instead of newton meters?

anyone can explain this barrel thing easier ? or any other way...how does turning it for my bike help . 1.cable - is adjusted by bith the High 'low screws at the frint and rear . by truning this barrels what really hapens ?? im confused now ...

Lol. My no name bakes lok NOTHING like this.

Fantastic video, followed it almost step by step and actually manged to fine tune my derailer, the only thing I'd recommend to people is watch the entire video once, so you learn about the b-screw. I found that mine was all the way out and it made it impossible to tune the derailer, after sending it to the right distance everything could be set up correctly.

Best keep things practical and simple. Cross 3, 36 or 32 hole.

G3 still the strongest for my personal experience.

i managed to break a SRAM DualDrive 3 hub with 3/2 on 36L crossings, 3 holes in the hub flange frayed. :(

Both my touring bike and my tandem, have wheels built by my local shop owner, who has since retired, but keeps busy at a another shop a couple of days a week. He's one of the best, anywhere. The touring bike has a 36 spoke front, small flange wheel and a 40 spoke rear. The tandem has a 40 spoke high flange front and a 48 spoke rear. Both have cassette hubs on the rear. In the many years that I've ridden on these wheels, I've never had a broken spoke. I've never paid attention to the cross-pattern, but they are super durable and have taken quite a bit of abuse, over the years. An excellent video, as always.

What about mixing a 36 hole hub with a 28 hole rim?

Very informative. Would it be beneficial if I opted to have a 3 crosses on my 20 size set of wheels, 36 holes and a 24 set of wheels, 32,36 holes?

17:35 "more neighbours taking the load"

Lacing and truing bike wheel is dark arts.

I'm guessing radial is the weakest option. Do more crosses equal more strength?

there are only two good options 36 3cross and 72 radial

Hello bonjour , Calvin & Friends is masters in the field 😄 Thank you

I work on everything on my mtb bikes but I’ve never built a wheel. As always another great video lads!

I have 24-spoke Bontrager wheels which have spoke pairs close together instead of evenly spaced. I tore a spoke out of the rear rim while torquing uphill a few years ago. The hubs are not damaged. I never get motivated to do anything with finding rims and spokes to rebuild those. The bike those wheels were on now has wheels which I built in 2021. They are DT Swiss R500 32-spoke rims, 14 gauge spokes with 3 cross lacing, Deore disc brake hubs.

If carrying about optimization and ur performance/results, u need try and feel. U just never know what u like, but knowing is The first step.

Really enjoyed the comprehensive breakdown of wheel lacing in this video. Some nuggets of wisdom here. Thanks gents!

Saving this video. Great information. 🛞🛞🛞

Science of wheel building has been debated for 100 years. Fifty years ago, had a tandem that broke spokes on the rear wheel. I removed freewheel and drilled 9 holes in hub and rim and added 9 spokes only on freewheel side. Problem solved. What is the best kind of tandem? Someone else tandem!

My custom wheels from Universal Cycles have 12,000 miles on them since 2018. Still straight as new, Spank Spike Race 33 rims and Hope Pro 4 hubs, DT Swiss Competition spokes with brass nipples. They are 3 cross. They've been up and down Pikes Peak Barr trail twice and Mount Elbert 3 times. Get a wheelset for durability, not for weight. You'll save a lot of money over the years.

Calvin Rules

،Nice

excellent video

I've been trying to learn this for years. Thanks to Calvin I have finally got it sussed. Thanks for a brilliant explanation.

Calvin rules

Ahh brilliant! loosen the calliper bolts and squeeze the brake lever and tighten the calliper bolts!

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