Campagnolo Record high flange road hubs...radial lacing ok?

I recently purchased a wheelset with old Campagnolo high flange hubs, 28 hole drilling. The front is laced radially. I know that sherriff stars should not be laced radially but was wondering if these are ok as is?

I don't really want to do a rebuild, but I'd rather do that than have them ripping apart in the future.

Thanks for the input.

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It's fine. In the pre carbon days, such wheels were often found on time trial bikes. Tends to be a rather stiff wheel because of the shorter spokes.

Should be fine as long as its the front... Rear would be a rebuild

Radial spoking on the non drive side is ok though not something that was done till recently. Radial spokes on the drive side and the wheel will already have collapsed! It's a no-no.

when doing radial I tend to keep the elbows on the inside of the flange, it doesn't put as much stress on the flange. On the above wheel the elbows are outward.

^ Somewhere on here years back there was an argument about that elbows out or elbows in thing. Some reckoned elbows out is less stressful on the spoke. Can't remember why.

I wouldn't rebuild if the wheel is good and true.

Radial spoking on the non drive side is ok though not something that was done till recently. Radial spokes on the drive side and the wheel will already have collapsed! It's a no-no.

Somebody or other once told me Beryl Burton used to have tt wheels built all-radial.

I like to keep things vague.

When I learnt to build wheels on Edinburgh Bicycle Co-op's course, I was told to build radial spokes with the elbows outside (or heads in) as that would make for a stronger wheel. However, I noticed that factory built wheels always had the elbows inside. I eventually managed to speak to a wheel builder who told me the reason was that with the elbows out, the wheel is indeed stronger but as a result, it puts extra stress on the hub flange and the manufacturers won't guarantee it if it breaks. So I rebuilt the wheel with the elbows in.

I think that this is pretty marginal- especially if the extra strength is theoretically from the extra bracing angle.

It's vastly more important that the spokes are a good fit in the hub holes and that you plastically deform them to the correct angle at the bend, for good spoke life.