Author Topic: race laced spoke (Read 1778 times)

motomagII · « **on:** November 15, 2010, 07:26 PM »

whats the length of spokes to be used for race laced fron on suzue low flange onto sun (7x rim)please

and anyone know got link to how they are laced this way

dancetothedrummersbeat · « **Reply #1 on:** November 15, 2010, 08:03 PM »

mine are 3 cross pattern. one wheel has 184's and the other has 190's. Can't remember which way round though...

Hope this helps

stidds · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2010, 11:32 AM »

Not sure about the spoke length Greg, but Race Lace spoke pattern is where all the spoke heads are on the inside of the spoke flanges, I know it can be spoked 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, or 5x but 4x was the bmx way iirc.

This is the pattern, as you can see all the heads point inwards......

Peter J · « **Reply #3 on:** November 17, 2010, 09:51 AM »

I'd tried to do some info digging on Race Lacing for BMX's...but didn’t get very far

http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/index.php/t-93232.html

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/lofiversion/index.php/t4005069.html

http://spokeanwheel.110mb.com/lacingcl.htm

http://spokeanwheel.110mb.com/lacingcl.htm#rl

This is something to play with.... http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/spokes/spoke_pattern_explorer.html

And if you enjoy your teck stuff this is a very good read..... http://www.duke.edu/~hpgavin/papers/HPGavin-Wheel-Paper.pdf its a little bit out of date but the theory is sound

Someone may correct me if I'm wrong, however I thought you only needed to race lace the rear, it was used to make the back wheel stiffer.... $:-\$

I wanted to do my rear "race lace" style but could find any info on how to lace em

Maybe some of the guys who raced BITD could shed some light on this

stidds · « **Reply #4 on:** November 17, 2010, 10:41 AM »

Quote from: Peter J on November 17, 2010, 09:51 AM

I wanted to do my rear "race lace" style but could find any info on how to lace em

Maybe some of the guys who raced BITD could shed some light on this

See my post above Peter, all spoke heads on the inside of the hub flange and then laced in the usual pattern.