Spoke calc seems off
02-25-06, 01:51 PM
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Spoke calc seems off
I'm getting ready to buy another rim and spokes to replace my back wheel on my rain bike, so I plugged the numbers into the spokecalc spreadsheet on SB's website, and I got 299.2 and 297.8. I haven't built a dished wheel in a while, and the difference seems awfully small. Am I, as the kids say, "trippin?"
Its a LX (FHM570), and a CR18.
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Its a LX (FHM570), and a CR18.
Thanks!
02-25-06, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by genericbikedude
I'm getting ready to buy another rim and spokes to replace my back wheel on my rain bike, so I plugged the numbers into the spokecalc spreadsheet on SB's website, and I got 299.2 and 297.8. I haven't built a dished wheel in a while, and the difference seems awfully small. Am I, as the kids say, "trippin?"
Its a LX (FHM570), and a CR18.
Thanks!
Its a LX (FHM570), and a CR18.
Thanks!
SpoCalc been very, very good to me ;-)
02-25-06, 04:13 PM
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Sounds about right for a shimano hub and road wheel to me. Spoke difference seems about right.
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i built the same combo, and while i don't remember the exact length, it was close enough i just used one length.
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Originally Posted by wrench
With spokecalc always round down. So use 299 on left and 297 on drive side.
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02-26-06, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Al1943
That's a good rule for other spoke length calculators also. Better to be slightly short than slightly long (when talking spokes ).
).Personally, I think that if the spoke calculator is written so that the spoke end comes out right at the bottom of the nipple slot (like Bike-alog's Spokemaster), I'm always going to round up.
