Joseph Bender-Zanoni wrote:
>The British, wisely from an engineering viewpoint, put more spokes
>at the rear. While wise from a duty viewpoint it is a PITA because
>now you needed two different rims and two different spoke lengths
>from the viewpoint of standardization.
Actually, they usually didn't. Hub flange sizes were chosen so that the same length spokes worked front and rear, using cross 3 in front, cross 4 in back.
Meanwhile, with most current wheels the fronts and rears use different spoke lengths even when the same number of spokes are used.
Sheldon "Clever, Those Brits" Brown
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