Wheel building - lacing of spokes?

[Helgeo]

I have just built a 700 front wheel using a mini motor. After completion I realized that I did not lace the spokes like on ordinary bicycle wheels. On another GM wheel that was bought complete the spokes are not laced either. By lacing I mean that spokes exiting outside flange runs behind spokes exiting inside flange.

My question is: Is my wheel still OK or should I redo the wheel with laced spokes?
I think lacing may cause too much bending of the spokes as the spokes are much shorter on a motorized wheel than on a normal wheel. Any thoughts and ideas?

[Bikemad]

Helge,

Your wheel should be fine as it is. If it's correctly trued up and tensioned, it should be more than strong enough with the larger hub and shorter spokes.

Alan
 

[Helgeo]

Thanks Alan, the wheel ended up really nice and true so I really did not want to do it again.
This was my first wheel, quite happy about the result :-)

I'll try to post pictures of the wheel and the complete bike once it is finished.

Helge