[HOW TO] Lace 48H hub to 36H rim

[Boney]

Some of us have been in this mess, were you find a really good deal on a 48H hub, or your only option is a 48H hub and you have a 36H rim. Eitherway, it is possible to lace these two together. I used this combo when riding a freecoaster. I didn't find any major flaws, but just check your spoke tension often. Sorry for the blurry photo, but it tells you all you need to know:

So, just get an outbound, and six holes to the left will be the inbound you need to cross together. There are going to be six missing holes on the hub's flange. Instead of the missing hole being an outbound spoke, the hole to the LEFT of the missing hole will be an outbound, and you continuing lacing it like that. Its fairly easy, just go and true it like you normally would. don't try to over think it, because that is when you will get confused.

Hope this helps.

[bike ryder]

does it ride smooth ? nice how to

[Boney]

Yep it does. Feels the same, but just check the spoke tension every so often. I had to tighten my spokes like every 3 weeks.

[SnK]

Yeh like boney said keep checking it... Could be fatal if you do it wrong.

[hita187wita357]

how do you judge spoke length?

[troy]

shcwartx status.

**** it hard to type when your hi

[Dippers]

sweet how to

[Terence]

great article + rep man.

just wondering, does lacing 36h to a 48h hub make it "lighter" by a bit since there are holes which dont have spokes in them? or are the hubs for 48h bigger?

[mathew0m2]

omg i found a 10 hole coaster brake hub and laced it to a 36 hole rim once and it was fine, for just a laugh though !! nice how to rep ++

[agExx]

would it make the wheel any weaker by doing this? like weaker to another wheel with a 36H hub instead of a 48?