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I had a rear wheel built up for Mrs Howard by SJS cycles , who should in theory know what they are doing.
It busted a spoke the other day when someone collided with her at traffic lights.
So off it went to Look Mum to get the spoke replaced.
Look Mum did the work but pointed out that the lacing was really odd. It's a 32 hole Nexus hub built in to a disc brake rim, and they chose to lace it single cross with all the spokes on the inside of the flanges. If it makes any difference, it's attached to a drum brake.
I'm inclined to agree that this strikes me as a fucking stupid way to lace up a wheel.
I'm not mad, right? There's no good reason to lace it this way?