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Will I be able to weave my inbound spokes once I have the hub twisted and half built?
Maybe, but it's a PITA. Get all the inbound spokes in first, it will feel a bit weird having one set pushing and the other set pulling, but nowhere near as weird as trying to thread the last set of inbound spokes into a wheel which already has 3/4 of the spokes in place.
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Cheers, wasn't too bad doing it this way actually.
I started reading this and was getting more confused not less.
Your way really wasn't too bad.
In that link they talk about inside pull and outside pull but don't really explain if or why either is better than the other, any opinions on this?
I take it symetric v asymetric is gonna be a fight starting debate but I can perhaps see why asymetric could be considered better for a track wheel which can flipped around and symetric for a road wheel which will only ever be driven in one direction.
M_V
Asymetric building...WTF?!
I've always been a symetric builder but the hub I'm lacing up just now has previously been built asymetric...
...I think. I've put my inbound (fed from the outside of the flange towards the inside) spokes in one side and started them at the hole to the left of the valve hole. When I flip the wheel over and find the spoke hole in the other flange that I'd normally 'pair' with the spoke i laced to what is now the right of the valve hole, the dent in the flange tells me that it was an outbound spoke not inbound.
So, what I would normally do is symetric and this hub has been built asymetric right?
It's my understanding that when building with a pre-used hub it's better to have spokes going the same way as they have previously?
Given that I've never built asymetric, am I better doing a good job of building symetric and have the hub stressed a bit more or should I persevere and try build asymetric?
If building asymetric, what order do I do things? Guy that I'm in work withtoday says he builds asymetric and puts all the spokes in the hub first, this seems like it'll be a total pita?
Will I be able to weave my inbound spokes once I have the hub twisted and half built?