Originally Posted by
Salamandrine
The crow's foot pattern predates that twisted spoke stuff and is a different thing. It was sort of a combination of radial and normal spoke patterns, and the spokes simply crossed each other -- no twists. Goes back to the 70s, if not earlier.
"You want that built crow's foot?" was sort of the standard joke when some customer you knew well brought in wheels for a rebuild.
I built up a 40 hole sturmey archer hub with a 5 spoke crows foot pattern for my ex, its a neat look, and as I used a 40 hole tandem rim for the wheel it was PLENTY strong.
I've actually never seen another bike in real life with crows foot laced wheels.