Originally Posted by
mrrabbit
For those who need to know...
ERD for Velocity DeepV's is a minimum of 581mm and a maximum of 582. Do not use 580mm as you think you are measuring because Velocity uses something similar to what Campy used back in the late 80s/early 90s to create the joint resulting in an additional 1mm of material at one or both holes to either side of the joint.
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This nailed me on my first Aerohead build. I usually just take all the spokes to the bottom of the threads and add equal turns from there as I tension up. The tension around the joint was all wrong. Finally figured out there was a thick piece of metal in there.