Originally Posted by
musicsucks
I've been going with 4 full turns on each nipple (as per jobst's advice). I tried again with less threading per nipple, which seemed to help, but spokes still didn't quite make it, and the nipples that were on kept falling off.
Jobst suggests putting the first two sets of spokes on straight and then rotating the hub, whereas sheldon brown seems to advocate starting with the hub already rotated. Is this a 6/half-dozen issue, or is there an advantage to either of these methods?
doesn't really matter which way you do it as long as the spokes are in the correct spot, but to get the leading spokes started, you will have to get the hub rotated. make sure that when you try and rotate the hub that none of the nipples are hanging up on the rim keeping it from twisting completely.