'snowflake' spoking cut off time?

[ti-fat-man]

folks, when do you consider is the 'cut off' time for a snowflake front wheel.
is '99 & rigid fork ok?
i plopped a recently built one into my '99 Fat Chance ti and quite like it ..
interweb shows disc jobbies but i reckon that's wrong ..

 

[novocaine]

Never.

 

[ti-fat-man]

adding more details ...

Front hub: Chris King Classic black
Rim: Mavic X618 anno grey
Spokes: DT butted silver
QR: Salsa flip-off black
Tyre: Smoke Dart black wall

 

[novocaine]

Sorry for being a troll. Was meant in jest.

Not convinced it ever went out but I'd be nervous with discs. I reckon you could get away with it on the right frame up to about 2001.

I'm not a fan, obviously, but it's not my bike so you do you, if you like it, rock on.

 

[ti-fat-man]

no offence taken at all mate,
deffo a fad back in time, i was there, trust me ;-)
am keen to see when the sweet spot was and when they just look wrong.
i built one up as a 'match' pair to a TDD and feel that is a no-brainer.
Hemming had one on his aquafade about '95

 

[Lhatch4]

They look good on the right bike. I wouldn't trust them with disc brakes though. It's fine on up to an early 90's bike in my opinion. If you are running a tioga tension disc on the rear with a snowflake front it looks good.

 

[novocaine]

I have to admit to building one back then, memory tells me it was 98 but memory also tells me I was amazing on 2 wheels, sooooo.

32 spoke on a d521 and a magura hub rings a bell.

Weirdly I got an Instagram post (just before reading your thread) about someone doing it on modern cruiser/oversize bmx bikes, for those kids who do wheelies everywhere, so I guess it's still a thing.

 

[swannymere]

1993

 

[nicklej]

I built some for a new bike recently. Not sure whether they're unsafe for disc use but they didn't feel reassuring when braking so glad to be back on the ol three cross. Look better on older bikes pre 2000.

 

[Baulz]

I had one built in 96