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Old September 21st 09, 07:02 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tosspot[_2_]
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I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?
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Old September 21st 09, 07:09 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sep 21, 11:02*am, Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! *But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


mm (millimeters)

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length
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Old September 21st 09, 07:15 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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TT wrote:
On Sep 21, 11:02 am, Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


mm (millimeters)

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


Very good, my sides are splitting, I am laughing, as it were, like a drain.

Now I guess, looking about, from the inside of the elbow to the tip.
Does this sound right?
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Old September 21st 09, 07:21 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


TT wrote:
mm (millimeters)
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


That's right. A picture might help:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/SPOKFORM.JPG

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Old September 21st 09, 07:23 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AMuzi
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Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


TT wrote:
mm (millimeters)
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


Tosspot wrote:
Very good, my sides are splitting, I am laughing, as it were, like a drain.
Now I guess, looking about, from the inside of the elbow to the tip.
Does this sound right?


Yes, and thanks for the 'straight line' too

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Old September 21st 09, 07:30 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
TT
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Default Spoke Lengths

On Sep 21, 11:15*am, Tosspot wrote:
TT wrote:
On Sep 21, 11:02 am, Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! *But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


mm (millimeters)


http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


Very good, my sides are splitting, I am laughing, as it were, like a drain.

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Old September 21st 09, 10:00 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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AMuzi wrote:
Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


TT wrote:
mm (millimeters)
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


That's right. A picture might help:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/SPOKFORM.JPG


I recommend he stops trying to fit spokes with his mouth. It's causing
quite a mess.

Pete
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Old September 22nd 09, 02:22 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Pete ? wrote:
AMuzi wrote:
Tosspot wrote:
I have a spoke! But I want some more, now my google mojo has deserted
me, so how exactly is a spoke length measured?


TT wrote:
mm (millimeters)
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=spoke+length


That's right. A picture might help:
http://www.yellowjersey.org/photosfr...t/SPOKFORM.JPG


I recommend he stops trying to fit spokes with his mouth. It's causing
quite a mess.

In that neighborhood (UW Madison and surrounds), young people without
piercings and tattoos are the minority.

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