Marcus,
Hopefully by this point, my response won't be viewed as "piling on", but here goes. The first, last and only time that I have ever build a hub and went counter to the obvious indentations was on a very nice Gipiemme rear hub that I'd gotten from a fellow listmember.
On about the 5th ride I took on the wheelset, I noticed the rear wheel had gotten very out of true, and I had to loosen the rear brakes to make it the last mile back home without it rubbing too badly. When I took a closer look at the end of the ride, I saw that the hub flange had cracked, and that it was missing 3-4 holes worth of metal.
I realize this is anecdotal, but I have learned my lesson, and won't ever lace a whel in a contrary direction ever again.
Best wishes with your wheel build,
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
> I am going to lace up some wheels on a pair of used
> Campagnolo Record
> hubs. There are marks around the spoke holes that
> indicate how the hub
> was laced before. I prefer to lace my wheels so
> that when looking at the
> left flange of the rear wheel from the left side of
> the bike, a head-down
> spoke at the top of the flange points toward about
> 10:00 on the rim. This
> hub was laced the opposite way: a head-down spoke on
> the left flange would
> point at 2:00.
>
> Question 1: Is it better to relace the way the hub
> was laced before, or is
> it ok to switch directions?
> Question 2: the spokes must have been pretty tight
> before, since some of
> them have dug up little ridges. Should I file or
> sand those ridges down?
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus Helman
> -2 degrees in Huntington Woods, MI
>
>
>
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