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

http://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.