This has been the most difficult wheel I have ever built. It took over three hours to build and has three different spoke lengths.

It has 40 spokes with 5 spokes to each set.

8 * Radial, 16 * 3X and 16 * 4X.

It was a challenge to build but has remained remarkably true throughout it's existence with no trouble. It does seem to be a forgiving wheel as it has been dropped down a few potholes without any problems.

However spoke replacement will require major surgery.

I know crows don't have 5 toes but my imagination was running thin and the idea came from the original Crows Foot described earlier.

View below showing both sides of wheel

This wheel is a double sided fixed. This simplified the building as no dishing requirements were necessary.

Again the outside spokes in the set cross the outside spokes of the next set, making it necessary to invert adjacent sets.

Note the valve placement at 7 O'clock. This is in the mid point between two radial spokes. There appeared to be more room here than next to a radial spoke as in the 36 spoke version.