Hi chaps,
I normally buy the closest exact spoke length, but... I have a wheel build that needs:
298, 300 front
298, 299 rear
Can I just buy a pack of 300mm spokes for all? Works out simpler for buying.
Any thoughts?
Cheers
Ricks
No!
Buy the correct sized ones
www.customcutspokes.co.uk
Can get any size you need, and as many as you need.
A pack of 299 would be good.
Experience tells me that, if I'm between sizes, to always buy shorter - spokes that are too long often bottom out on the nipple and if this happens mid-build, before the wheel is properly tensioned then you've got to strip it all down and swap them for the shorter spokes.
Buy the correct sized ones
http://www.customcutspokes.co.uk
Can get any size you need, and as many as you need.
Sure, but at over £1/spoke for DT Competition black, they're over 2x the price you can get them from Rose Bikes!
Unless you're buying a box of 100 it's no more expensive to buy 32x 298 and 32x 299 from someone like JRA - 2mm is probably too big a gap 64x 299 you'd get away with though.
22p for double butted ones here https://www.cyclebasket.com/m9b0s454p979/ACI_Alpina_Stainless_Steel_DB_Spokes_Silver_Singles_
Sure, but at over £1/spoke for DT Competition black, they’re over 2x the price you can get them from Rose Bikes!
They do a quantity discount, can get black Sapim Race with nipples for as low as 68p !!
Black DT Comps as low as 88p
I use Custom Cut Spokes all the time, great service. Sapim Race would give you a good price for sure.
