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rear wheel drive-side spoke length
Is there a rule of thumb for how much shorter drive side spoke length should
be from non-drive side for a rear wheel? Let's say I have a 36h rim with 270mm spokes for front wheel for standard 3-cross lacing; same rim & hub for the rear. If the non drive side is 270mm spokes, how long should the drive side be? TIA. |
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rear wheel drive-side spoke length
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:21:33 +0000, ellis wrote:
Is there a rule of thumb for how much shorter drive side spoke length should be from non-drive side for a rear wheel? Let's say I have a 36h rim with 270mm spokes for front wheel for standard 3-cross lacing; same rim & hub for the rear. If the non drive side is 270mm spokes, how long should the drive side be? TIA. Look it up on your spoke-length calculator. In general, the RHS spokes are a couple mm shorter. In practice, it's not enough to matter. -- David L. Johnson __o | It is probably that television drama of high caliber and _`\(,_ | produced by first-rate artists will materially raise the level (_)/ (_) | of dramatic taste in the nation. -- David Sarnoff, 1939 |
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rear wheel drive-side spoke length
ellis wrote: Is there a rule of thumb for how much shorter drive side spoke length should be from non-drive side for a rear wheel? Let's say I have a 36h rim with 270mm spokes for front wheel for standard 3-cross lacing; same rim & hub for the rear. If the non drive side is 270mm spokes, how long should the drive side be? TIA. 268mm if the rim is not off center frilled and the hub isn't some sort of wierd close together flange type- |
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David L. Johnson wrote: On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:21:33 +0000, ellis wrote: Is there a rule of thumb for how much shorter drive side spoke length should be from non-drive side for a rear wheel? Let's say I have a 36h rim with 270mm spokes for front wheel for standard 3-cross lacing; same rim & hub for the rear. If the non drive side is 270mm spokes, how long should the drive side be? TIA. Look it up on your spoke-length calculator. In general, the RHS spokes are a couple mm shorter. In practice, it's not enough to matter. -- David L. Johnson Disagree that it's not enough to matter. 2mm can mean spoke past nipples or threads showing. Poor show for a competent wheelbuilder. |
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On 24 Sep 2005 06:07:04 -0700, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: David L. Johnson wrote: Look it up on your spoke-length calculator. In general, the RHS spokes are a couple mm shorter. In practice, it's not enough to matter. Disagree that it's not enough to matter. 2mm can mean spoke past nipples or threads showing. Poor show for a competent wheelbuilder. Really cheap wheels are often built with all spokes the same size, though. I've even seen cutters designed to cut off the bits of spoke protruding from the nipple, once the wheel is built. Jasper |
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rear wheel drive-side spoke length
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: ellis wrote: Is there a rule of thumb for how much shorter drive side spoke length should be from non-drive side for a rear wheel? Let's say I have a 36h rim with 270mm spokes for front wheel for standard 3-cross lacing; same rim & hub for the rear. If the non drive side is 270mm spokes, how long should the drive side be? TIA. 268mm if the rim is not off center frilled and the hub isn't some sort of wierd close together flange type- Or one of those weird frilled hubs... :-) Every rear wheel I've built for derailleur-esque bikes has had 2mm shorter spokes ont he right side vs. the left side. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference, but the wheel is close to correct dish when you start to put tension on the spokes. Jeff |
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rear wheel drive-side spoke length
On 24 Sep 2005 17:09:06 -0700, "JeffWills"
wrote: Every rear wheel I've built for derailleur-esque bikes has had 2mm shorter spokes ont he right side vs. the left side. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference, but the wheel is close to correct dish when you start to put tension on the spokes. Nope, I built American Classic hubs into Velocity Aerohead OC rims and the spokes were the same size and almost the same tension on both sides of hub. |
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