Originally Posted by
lasauge
There was a brief moment when these kinds of twisted-spoke wheels were cool, as part of the fixie craze of the early 2000s. There's not a whole to say about them except that they're visually unique; I recall reading an analysis somewhere showing that twisting the spokes that way doesn't significantly strengthen/weaken the wheel, it just complicates the build and truing process.
I always compared it to a poor mans's way of tying and soldering. Also remember when the bike shop guys started doing it with all of the builds claiming more strength. It didn't work when the guy who could destroy a wheel in less than a week got one. He destroyed that one too! Smiles, MH