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