[Closed] Spoke length help?

There are several spoke calculators online.

They will tell you the info you need to calculate - bit of Googling is required.

[url= http://lenni.info/edd/ ]This one[/url]'s good and has your hubs and rims in the database. Cross check everything, though - measure the hub and rim and compare with the dimensions on the calculator then use a different calculator (try DT Swiss, for example) and enter your measurements in that, too.

Always cross check spoke calculators. I paid for a cycling Android app with a spoke calculator in it and it was plain wrong, by about 5mm, on the first set of wheels I used it on.

EDIT: sorry - forgot the link!

Also, Sheldon Brown's guide to wheelbuilding is excellent. Still rolling on my first set I built - on the DH bike too!

sdeals is cheap for ACI spokes.

Based on an ERD of 601mm...

DT...
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8341717393_6d56b6f1d3_c.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8502/8341717393_6d56b6f1d3_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/takisawa2/8341717393/ ]IMAG0093[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/takisawa2/ ]pten2106[/url], on Flickr

Spokecalc...
[url= http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8342820254_cfa14034bf_c.jp g" target="_blank">http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8342820254_cfa14034bf_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/takisawa2/8342820254/ ]IMAG0095[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/takisawa2/ ]pten2106[/url], on Flickr

But rather than list the info needed mavic list the ERTD, (thats different. ) 😐

Cheers guys.

Ok, I cross checked the web spoke calculators against the hub dimensions and they come out at takisawa2's calculations on the DT site.

So, I'll need 18 x (287, 290, 288, 289) spokes. Numpty question, given that there is 'only' 3mm between the longest and shortest spokes could I buy 72 spokes @ 290mm?

EDIT, they dont appear to be common sizes.

should work fine Pete. You want me to build BTW?

takisawa look up "ctrl-print-screen" 😀

should work fine Pete. You want me to build BTW?

I'm keen to give it a go Al, I've never tried wheelbuilding before. I watched a couple of youtube vids, I have an ancient cast iron wheelbuilding jig I've been dying to use. If I screw up, I'll give you a shout.

Al, just being lazy mate. 🙂
Grabbing a pic & uploading to Flickr is a couple of taps on my phone.

McMoonter...grind up a nipple driver, & if you haven't already, download the wheelpro pdf. I've done so few now & all have been spot on. I'd buy 36- 288's & 36- 290's.

cynic-al - Member
sdeals is cheap for ACI spokes.

Al, would ACI spokes be your preference over DT Swiss?

72 spokes = £20.16 seems reasonable for ACIs.

McMoonter...grind up a nipple driver, & if you haven't already, download the wheelpro pdf. I've done so few now & all have been spot on.

I'll do that. Thanks

bit expensive, but really do consider a spoke driver. Makes life loads easier.

but really do consider a spoke driver. Makes life loads easier.

A quick google turned up this, anyone tried it?

http://www.urbanvelo.org/issue26/p88-89.html

[img] [/img]

Roger Musson's e-book is well worth it. He has his own DIY nipple driver made out of a screwdriver with a point in the middle. This causes the screwdriver to disengage when the spoke gets to a certain depth which makes it very quick to get the wheel laced to an even starting point. He talks about bending the blade so that you get a handle but I just left the screwdriver straight and it worked fine.

I made mine with a £1 B&Q screwdriver and a few minutes with an angle grinder.

Mavic have a fairly simple spoke calculator which will know the Mavic rim dimensions and show you what measurements you need from the hub to fill out their calculatorizations

Another spoke is a good spoke driver/ nipple applicator. Just feed the nipple on the wrong way and push it thru the hole onto the next spoke

What billyboy said. Proper tools are nice but a screwdriver works fine.

Pete ACI are AFAIK as good as DT. ALOT of guff is typed about spoke brands.