two wheeled purple people eater.

Decided to rebuild my wheels and mate up the purple hubs to the purple rims.
I am trying out a new lace pattern. (if you don't ride you might not get what I am saying)
Since it is indoor skatepark season I figured I would see how these lacing patterns will hold up.
they are lighter than conventionaly laced wheels when you take rotating weight into consideration. the spokes are shorter. creating less rotational mass. thus making them lighter on the go.

my front wheel I laced up in a radial pattern with the spoke heads out. Radial lacing is where the spokes go staight out from the hub to the rim. I laced it with the spoke heads out on the hub to avoid breaking spokes on grinds.



My rear wheel is 32 spoke and I laced it in a two cross pattern. when the spoke leaves the hub it crosses two other spokes on it's way to the rim. again usually you would do a three or even a four cross. these spokes are shorter so lees riding weight. I also got a new rear hub. It's the only one in existance in that color. KHE was kind enought to do a one off samle for me in this lovely purple color. I havn't ridden on this wheel set yet so I am not sure of it's strength. I am sure it will be fine though.





here is my complete bike. I like it a lot it feels good when I ride. the geometry is spot on for the type of riding I like to do. long up front to help out with my old man back and short in the rear making it a bit more responsive.



it's an addiction to keep this thing looking good. Because like I said in my revalations post, a good looking dialed bike makes riding that much more rewarding. at least for me anyways.

take care I still have some birthday photos I want to post but I am figuring out how to load this photo shop I stole from the internet.... (not really)