Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Spoke length

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jsource
03-02-09, 03:41 PM
I used sheldon brown's spoke calc for IRO high flanges to Deep V's. It said 278mm for both front and back.

I called ben's cycle and they said it should be 282mm, and that my calculations were wrong.

How off can I be when buying spokes?

peabodypride
03-02-09, 03:44 PM
You can be a few mm too long for Deep Vs, but not 4mm. Ben's does the same combination probably every day so I'd probably trust what they say over the spoke spreadsheet.
adriano
03-02-09, 04:47 PM
are the two numbers for the same pattern?

jsource
03-02-09, 05:26 PM
are the two numbers for the same pattern?

yea 3x
adriano
03-02-09, 08:57 PM
yea 3x

same spoke count?
Plecks
03-02-09, 09:04 PM
I got 281mm for my Deep-Vs to IRO high flanges, 32 hole 3 cross. Worked great.
dougland89
03-02-09, 09:15 PM
bump for Jamal
jsource
03-02-09, 11:08 PM
bump for Jamal

Thanks.

Yea:

-36 hole Velocity Deep V
-High flange IRO hub (formula)
-3x lacing front and rear

I think I'm going to do 280 and take my chances
gospastic
03-02-09, 11:15 PM
according to that spreadsheet, it's 282 for 32 spokes, 278 for 36 spokes.
jsource
03-02-09, 11:26 PM
Oh. The guy at Ben's might have thought I said 32. Thanks!
adriano
03-02-09, 11:28 PM
thats the rub.