Today I was building just the front wheel for a Nomu Lab Wheel #5 order,
and I built it with inpoke lacing—different from the hanging method.
As for inpoke radial lacing, I think
the merits and drawbacks are pretty evenly balanced.
Nearly all of the commercial bent-head spoke wheels out there
are built with outpoke lacing in radial pattern.
With my personal wheels, as long as the hub flange width isn't too thick or the rim isn't 50mm or taller—conditions that wouldn't rule out inpoke—I always build them inpoke. But I'm not sure about pushing that preference on other people, so
Nomu Lab Wheel radial builds come as outpoke by default.
There are cases where you *have* to lace outpoke, but the reverse is almost never true. For example, that 63-hole front wheel from the other day couldn't be built inpoke.
That said, if someone asks me to build it inpoke, I'll build it inpoke.
(Unless it's impossible or genuinely shouldn't be done.)
Or, there are friends in my cycling circle who've had me build wheels and ended up with inpoke without asking—that happens too.
That's partly experimental on my part. Hehehehe.
If inpoke lacing is what you want, just let me know beforehand.
If it's possible, I'll do it.
and I built it with inpoke lacing—different from the hanging method.
As for inpoke radial lacing, I think
the merits and drawbacks are pretty evenly balanced.
Nearly all of the commercial bent-head spoke wheels out there
are built with outpoke lacing in radial pattern.
With my personal wheels, as long as the hub flange width isn't too thick or the rim isn't 50mm or taller—conditions that wouldn't rule out inpoke—I always build them inpoke. But I'm not sure about pushing that preference on other people, so
Nomu Lab Wheel radial builds come as outpoke by default.
There are cases where you *have* to lace outpoke, but the reverse is almost never true. For example, that 63-hole front wheel from the other day couldn't be built inpoke.
That said, if someone asks me to build it inpoke, I'll build it inpoke.
(Unless it's impossible or genuinely shouldn't be done.)
Or, there are friends in my cycling circle who've had me build wheels and ended up with inpoke without asking—that happens too.
That's partly experimental on my part. Hehehehe.
If inpoke lacing is what you want, just let me know beforehand.
If it's possible, I'll do it.