Spoke pattern

xtreem

Is it strong? :?

Andy B

Not really any stronger, it's just fancy looking

pilsburypie

Wooohaaa - I like that!

nicklouse

it is a pile of crap.

the only fancy thing is the hub.

have a read on sheldon pages about snowflake patten spokes.

redvee

Was the in thing years ago, now people have their wheels spoked the traditional 2x/3x ways.

xtreem

Thought so.

sheldonbrown wrote:

...and "snowflake" designs. These patterns are eye catching, but have no practical advantage.

Stephen-Hawking

Looks shite to me.

ride_whenever

But do they have a practical disadvantage? Other than broken spokes being an utter pain to replace that is? I mean spokes hardly ever break in the middle, but does the twisting generate extra fail points.