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What is the snowflake lacing calculation?
I am interested in the pattern and would like some info if you have it
Vince-
Do your calculation as normal for 2 cross, 3cross etc and then add 2mm to the spoke length for each twist.
Two twists needed to keep the spokes going into the holes they would go to normally. A single twist would have the twisted spokes going into each other’s holes if you see what I mean?
You built it just just like you would normally but instead of lacing over, over, under, you go over, over, twist.
For that 26” wheel and for a 27.5” one I did recently I put in all my inbound spokes on both flanges then just twist the outbound ones around them. For the 20” one I built for my folder I had to take the nipple off each each inbound spoke as I got to the relevant outbound one and twist them around each other.
Not sure how well this one will last, it’s going to have a disc brake on it so the spokes will be dealing with a lot of forces. The 20” one for my folder is a rear, with a coaster brake and it creaks a bit.
M_V
I’m getting ahead of my holidays, still got Halloween to go and I’ve built myself a nice christmassy wheel.
Hope Pro 2 singlespeed on an Onza trials rim that was until yesterday built onto a Tensile front hub.
The Tensile hub had smaller flanges than the Hope so to reuse the old spokes I snowflaked it which used up the extra spoke length perfectly.