playing the defensive card - if you look at the pic description in the album you might have noticed i said "just laced" which i hoped people would have assumed meant tension isn't quite there yet. or perhaps some glitch in the pinkbike system did not allow that to be viewed. so partially my bad... i guess. to avoid confusion or pseudo-witty comments i will edit the post. as for the pattern, its a standard 3-cross. so you're not right about that one. and that's ok. people make mistakes or just don't know. you just gotta learn how to lace a wheel, that's it. and i can teach if you if you like - just come by the shop. and after tension, and after 4 months of vigorous riding, i still haven't had to true them yet. believe it or not.