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This is actually the before picture, the arrows show where I had to cross the spokes (cross as in twist over and under, as you would a standard crossed spoke, not wrapped around each other like you would for a snowflake). The other spokes "cross", but in reality, they just pass each other, they're not actually twisted around each other.
I tried to take an after picture, but bizarrely it looks exactly the same. Some sort of weird optical effect triggered by the black spokes and the silver stainless spokes.
The spokes are a bit odd since each alternating group of three is a different colour, or rather all the internal (leading spokes) are black and the outer (trailing) spokes are silver. It was a very nice wheel, since in bright sunlight the spokes flashed enough to "strobe" and at certain speeds you got the distinct impression, looking down on it (and from the side) that the wheel was spinning backwards.