Anyone able to Radial my Front wheel?

How about radial on the drive, crossed on the non? Chris Juden (ctc) says thats the 'right' way round. But then he probably wears sandals.

The drive-side being offset carries most of the weight and has a much higher spoke-tension (at least if both sides are crossed)... With the amount of offset on a Miche Primato-hub the non-drive spokes don't do much more than keep the rim in place.

A roadbike wheel with same kind of lacing..

My wheel for instance:
drive-side 3x cross tension: 180kg
non-drive radial tension: 76kg

Even if laced 3x on the right side spoke-tension would only be 110kg (calculated)
Logically I'd say that the drive-side spokes will do most of the work..

I weigh 180kg....

madness.
quite simply, don't use radial on either side of a fixed rear hub, esp for road use.
edit: for the benefit of idiots, I mean a hub that is designed more for cross lacing, such as the most common 32 or 36 hole

I agree off cause..

But on a hub that has offset flanges it makes perfectly sense to lace that way, since the non-drive spokes are not really doing that much..

I have been riding my half-radial wheel for about half a year now, no problems.. :)

wouldn't that kind of lacing cause the wheel to twist torsionally whilst under pressure ?

only if it was radial both sides.

I agree off cause..

But on a hub that has offset flanges it makes perfectly sense to lace that way, since the non-drive spokes are not really doing that much..

I won't dispute that

er, yes, but the OP is all about his hub which isn't a modern "plastic hub"

you're such a cock sometimes
modern shitty plastic hub is more fragile than an old style steel/alloy hub.

oh don't start.

he's talking about traditional hubs and spokes here.

there is a distinction

Old campag track wheels like the shamal are cross drive radial none, Modern campag track wheels are cross both sides. . [Steps back to allow others to draw their own conclusions]

more about spoke lacing here
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread4003.html

Wow! I love it when my thread's take on a life of their own! :)

yeah, funny how that happens!

All I want is a radial front build! :)

gizmond: Could be because the newer campag hubs have symmetrical flanges..

more about spoke lacing here
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread4003.html

Tommy had it in one - Crows foot on the rear if you are riding fixed
Radial works on the front but i have heard it has more flex if its laced to small flanged hubs.. yet to try it.

campag hubs have symmetrical flanges

You saying the spoke holes are aligned?

Tommy had it in one - Crows foot on the rear if you are riding fixed
Radial works on the front but i have heard it has more flex if its laced to small flanged hubs.. yet to try it.
You saying the spoke holes are aligned?

No... what I'm saying is the wheel is not dished..

What can I say. I like good, boring, argument.

ha ha

I wouldn't radially lace a vintage Campag or something but otherwise it'll be fine.

ahhh, see, i'm glad i used the search because i was going to ask about radially lacing an old campag hub...
crossed it will be... just looking into that 1x cross pattern, otherwise it'll be 3x