2 cross wheel building

[pepelkod]

I have build a 3x wheel using sheldon brown's website.

It works great and i have had no problems.

Now I want to build another 2x wheel on a rohloff hub (they recommend 2x)

Does anyone have a website that shows how to lace the wheel for 2x?

If not is is simply a few little diffs between 3x and 2x?

Should I even try?

Doug

[cloughja]

I did 2x for my wife's road bike. Her old rear wheel already had that pattern so I just followed it. I couldn't find anything online either. If I recall, though, it really is the same as 3x, except when you lace in your crossing spokes, you only cross two. Not much else to it.

[Joe Yannie]

look up damon Rinard (sp?) web site and download his spoke calculator, great tool. You will need slighty shorter spokes for 2 cross that for 3 cross. Other than that you are right, same thing.

[pepelkod]

look up damon Rinard (sp?) web site and download his spoke calculator, great tool. You will need slighty shorter spokes for 2 cross that for 3 cross. Other than that you are right, same thing.


Ok thanks guys. I already have the spokes. DT Swiss has a spoke calc and the guy I bought the parts from double checked the lengths for a 2x wheel. I guess I will just go ahead. I should get the hub tonight, build it and do a test ride. Then Friday Im off to Revenge of the Rattlesnake.

Doug