Well, I guess it may have been, almost, beaten to death recently as to whether one can feel the difference in ride quality between 4 cross and 3 cross, or low versus high flange lacings. However, there's one question I have, and I am not sufficient of a mathematician/physicist to answer it for myself. To (possibly??) compensate for the difference between spoke tensions on rear wheels with (lots/some) dish, some people advocate lacing the drive side 4 cross and the non-drive, say, 2 cross. The question is: does this really provide a measurable compensation for the spoke tensions typically experienced versus the same wheel laced 3 cross each side, and if so, by how much does it compensate??
Neill (not wishing to start a thread similar to "which chain lube is best") Currie, gorgeous Hillsborough, Nh.