Radial lace a forula hub. good idea/bad idea?

LurkeyLurkerson · February 12, 2009, 1:57am

Im getting my wheelset built next week. I have formula hubs that im lacing to open pros. Is it a bad idea to radial lace a formula hub? I see it done all the time, but I dont want to do it if its not going to be safe.

LADY_GAGA · February 12, 2009, 2:04am

front wheel fine
rear wheel driveside not so fine

Endpoint · February 12, 2009, 2:04am

It’s fine. Don’t worry so much.

Dickason_Daniel · February 12, 2009, 2:08am

You don’t have to eat any dicks, but there’s a jar over there if you want any.

why · February 12, 2009, 2:11am

It’ll be ok. It’ll be even ok-er if you use double butted spokes.

curiousincident · February 12, 2009, 2:32am

I heard radial laced wheels are usually faster esp. with bladed spoks but go out of true really quickly.

LurkeyLurkerson · February 12, 2009, 2:42am

Thanks for the offer but I prefer bags of dicks.

LurkeyLurkerson · February 12, 2009, 2:43am

my momma is def a bad idea. If you see her punch that bitch in the face.

Rusty_Piton · February 12, 2009, 2:53am

Why would the fact that it’s a formula make a difference?

LurkeyLurkerson · February 12, 2009, 2:59am

Because its not a high quality hub I guess.

mihlbach · February 12, 2009, 3:02am

because its not designed for radial lacing, which places additional stress on the hub. It has nothing to do with quality. I wouldn’t do it, but the chances of it failing are unlikely.

Dickason_Daniel · February 12, 2009, 3:03am

Thanks for the offer but I prefer bags of dicks.[/quote]

No biggie; I was just sayin’ we got some if you’re hungry or whatever.

mihlbach · February 12, 2009, 3:03am

False.

curiousincident · February 12, 2009, 3:05am

I mean, it’s obviously not designed specifically for radial lacing, but I highly doubt it’s designed in such a way that it’s not OK to lace radially.

I hear carbon spokes help though.

LurkeyLurkerson · February 12, 2009, 3:08am

Alright I guess ill get it radial laced, but if it fails and I lose some teeth Im blaming you guys.

barba · February 12, 2009, 3:37am

Which hubs are designed specifically for radial lacing?

HighWest · February 12, 2009, 4:31am

Mack (Mack Hubs) is building my front hub for radial lacing, with warranty. That guy is a badass.

brandune · February 12, 2009, 4:39am

uhhh…tons of them!

bloodbath · February 12, 2009, 5:08am

you should do lots of wheelies and hop off of lots of curbs really hard because with that radial laced wheel, you doing tricks will be even more cool

halbritt · February 12, 2009, 5:19am

I radial laced a front formula hub and I didn’t die. I even radial laced the back, kinda. Every other spoke was radial on either side. “Hybrid 32x crow’s foot” or some shit. I still didn’t die.

Note: Most track hubs have equidistant flanges, i.e. no dish. This means that there’s no benefit to DS or NDS radial lacing.

Note 2: A half-radial laced dished wheel is stronger when the radial lacing is DS rather than NDS. Torque will get transferred through the hub to the cross-laced spokes on the NDS just fine. Force vectors, man. Trust me.

Most modern hubs can be radially laced. The benefits are minimal, but they do look cool.