Re: [CR]Wheel building puzzle

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Campagnolo)

Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:33:49 -0600
To: RDF1249@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Mark Stonich" <mark@bikesmithdesign.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Wheel building puzzle
In-Reply-To: <c7e.4ae7926.32dc4b24@aol.com>
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At 09:12 PM 1/14/2007, RDF1249@aol.com wrote:
>I plan to build a pair of them up with a typical older
>british hubset in 32/40, skipping every 5th spoke on each side of
>the rear hub. How
>to figure the spoke lengths, that is the puzzle. I deduced there are four
>different lengths required, for each of the four positions in one section. I
>suppose one could draw this in 3D CAD and just have the program
>figure out the
>spoke lengths, but I wonder if one of you math whizzes can come up with an
>algorithm that works, or maybe just a simple common sense solution.

I too would be interested in such an algorithm. I want to lace 40h hubs to 36h rims.

Mark Stonich
Minneapolis Minnesota
http://bikesmithdesign.com
http://mnhpva.org