Pineapple hubs

William O'Brien said:

Is anyone familiar with these Pineapple hubs? I've tried google but came up with nothing. I guess
they're a mid-90's Colorado CNC type thing with four flanges. I keep coming across them on ebay and
they look pretty cool.

And has anyone tried to lace this type of hub? My guess is that you'd do radial on the inner
flanges and two-cross on the outer? Any suggestions? Thanks.

I remember those! Doesn't make engineering sense, but they're fun to look at!

Searched for "clark-kent pineapple hub" on google.com. Third hit was this:

watchmeopenthehelloutofthisdoor.comWheels.htmlOpen ↗

"This is a hub that I purchased off of eBay (I'm not telling you how much 😉 From what I have been
told, it was made some time around 1995 by Clark-Kent Bikes. "

"After weeks of emailing every wheel expert I knew or could find no one to help. I made some rough
measurements, and used a spoke calculator off the internet to get the lengths for radial inners and
a 1x outer pattern. "

"From what I've heard these are usually laced up with a mix of a strait and twisted lacing pattern,
so that's why I decided to undergo the task of twisting. I then went to my shop, and at the last
minute guessed that to make the twisted spokes fit I should add 5mm to the length of the outer
spokes. (and that’s the only length that we had that was close enough) "

"I sat down in front of the TV with a friend and a bunch of movies and spent a rainy afternoon
lacing the wheel, drinking beer, and throwing popcorn. To my surprise it fit together perfectly. "

"I haven’t ridden it yet and have no plans to. With half the spokes running nearly vertically, the
lateral strength of the wheel is cut down considerably and I don’t need to ride it to know this. "

"This is probably one of the weirdest wheels that I have ever trued because tightening the inner
spokes had almost no affect on the true but made a huge difference in the hop. "

"I've used a Sun Rhyno Lite and 14g DT spokes. It's heavy as hell but this is just my first lacing
attempt and I will get a better rim and go with 15/17g spokes next time."

Thanks for the info. I figured there was a good reason you never see anyone riding them these days.

dianne_1234 said:

William O'Brien said:

Is anyone familiar with these Pineapple hubs? I've tried google but came up with nothing. I guess
they're a mid-90's Colorado CNC type thing with four flanges. I keep coming across them on ebay
and they look pretty cool.

And has anyone tried to lace this type of hub? My guess is that you'd do radial on the inner
flanges and two-cross on the outer? Any suggestions? Thanks.

I remember those! Doesn't make engineering sense, but they're fun to look at!

Searched for "clark-kent pineapple hub" on google.com. Third hit was this:

watchmeopenthehelloutofthisdoor.comWheels.htmlOpen ↗

"This is a hub that I purchased off of eBay (I'm not telling you how much 😉 From what I have been
told, it was made some time around 1995 by Clark-Kent Bikes. "

"After weeks of emailing every wheel expert I knew or could find no one to help. I made some rough
measurements, and used a spoke calculator off the internet to get the lengths for radial inners
and a 1x outer pattern. "

"From what I've heard these are usually laced up with a mix of a strait and twisted lacing
pattern, so that's why I decided to undergo the task of twisting. I then went to my shop, and at
the last minute guessed that to make the twisted spokes fit I should add 5mm to the length of the
outer spokes. (and that’s the only length that we had that was close enough) "

"I sat down in front of the TV with a friend and a bunch of movies and spent a rainy afternoon
lacing the wheel, drinking beer, and throwing popcorn. To my surprise it fit together perfectly. "

"I haven’t ridden it yet and have no plans to. With half the spokes running nearly vertically, the
lateral strength of the wheel is cut down considerably and I don’t need to ride it to know this. "

"This is probably one of the weirdest wheels that I have ever trued because tightening the inner
spokes had almost no affect on the true but made a huge difference in the hop. "

"I've used a Sun Rhyno Lite and 14g DT spokes. It's heavy as hell but this is just my first lacing
attempt and I will get a better rim and go with 15/17g spokes next time."

dianne_1234 quoted:

Quoted message said:

"I've used a Sun Rhyno Lite and 14g DT spokes."

With a hefty rim like that, you hardly need spokes!