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Word. I'm having my novatec hubs and carbon rims re-laced but my LBS says they have to order the spokes from novatec specially.
I was under the impression that these hubs could take pretty much any brand of spoke, am I wrong?
Are they straight pull or something?
No.
if they are j bend spokes then any relevent spoke from sapim, dt swiss e.t.c will work if its the right length. if it striaght pull chickens make straight pull spokes available and will cut them to length for dealers and dt swiss comps are available through madison. So no need to get special spokes from madision whicn are propbaly pillar. Sapim and dt swiss make the best spokes. Wheelsmith fro the u.s and alpna are apparantly pretty good. Pillar not so sure and i will never find out either as i have no issue with sapim so kmhave no reason to change.
Pillar straight gauge spokes on my On-One Fatty. Two+ years of use and zero issues. I think that they get used a good bit on OEM wheels; I've never seen them for sale aftermarket here in the US. But I never looked either...
I don't know why Novatec hubs wouldn't work with any brand of spoke.
Thanks for your help. I'll call the bike shop in the morning. I don't know why they're pursuing this route, maybe they're confused about what I want.