Thread: too-long spokes
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Old October 31st 12, 07:18 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default too-long spokes

datakoll wrote:
CHECK YOUR RIDE HISTORY....distances.....wheel rebuilds.....spokes out of whack..STRAIGHTEN WHEEL IN A WHEEL JIG ?
if you venture into these areas with some frequency consider buying new spokes at the correct lengths...ask the LBS for an eyeball


Dan O wrote:
My favorite LBS only charged me two bits apiece to cut down and roll
spokes that I brought in.
snip


That's nice, but most competent LBS will calc them for you
if you are buying a set of spokes. And then stand behind the
result, saving you from calculations, anguish and grinding a
wrong length spoke once built.

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