John Hurley asked "Can anyone expound on why spokes are interlaced?
The spokes are interlaced, or weaved to create a stiffer bracing point further outward from the flange, effectively increasing the flange diameter. This works for 2,3, and 4 cross patterns. Hope this helps.
Robert St.Cyr
Sacramento, California USA
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 15:40:44 -0600
> From: JHurley@jdabrams.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> CC: Jon@FAI.US
> Subject: [CR] spoke incident
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> Jon Crate wrote:
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> "What is the trick to lace a replacement spoke among its peers without
> bending the heck out of it?"
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> Is this one thing in favor of non-interlaced spokes? The wheels on my
> PX have 3-cross spoking, but the spokes do not touch each other. I
> would think this would make spoke replacement easier, but don't know
> since I've never broken one on this bike. This is a 36-spoke deep box
> section Rigida clincher rim with straight 14 gage spokes, so it's a bit
> overbuilt for me.
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> John "plain-spokin" Hurley
> Austin, Texas, USA