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Have a rear Hope Sport disk on a mavic xc717 rim, 3 cross pattern, 32h. Now I cannot remember what spoke lenghts I used when I built it up. NOw wanting to rebuild, spoke length calculators suggest 262.5 and 263, but when I measure both driveand non-0drive spokes physically stripped out the wheel they both approxiumate to 260mm.
Any guidance / experience out there?
Cheers!
263 both sides.
What about the spoke nipples? Most calculators default to 16mm nipples but others are available - notably Chain Reaction have, IME, always supplied 18mm (which would reduce your spoke length by 2mm).
you can buy 144 spokes form Ebay these days for about £30
ACI stainless double butted.
Alternatively I have some 262mm spokes. brand new with nipples.
I can sell you some if you want. 25p each?
263 with 12mm nipples.
Maybe I've got my nipple lengths wrong, are they 12/14 normally? Ach, it's been a while since I built wheels. CR definitely used to use(d) 2mm longer than most, anyway.