Thread: Spoke length: does 1 or 2mm make a difference?
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Old 02-13-12, 01:27 PM
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I've used spokes off by a couple/few mm a bunch of times and it worked out. But I was usually just reusing spokes to be cheap. If I had nice parts like you do and a clean slate, I'd put a little more effort into getting the properly sized spokes.
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