How many spokes does the trailing spoke cross.Look at the laced wheel, look at the hub flange, now look at the spoke heads. One will be facing in and the one next to it will be facing out. Count how many spokes the one facing to the backside of the wheel "crosses". The most common pattern on a 36 spoke wheel is 3 cross,I threw that in as a reference so you could get a visual from another wheel. :wink: Good luck!