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Old 01-16-10, 08:14 PM
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I've found spokes to be good for 100s of kmiles while my rims wear out after only about 50 kmiles due to brake wear (at least the front ones do). But if the OP is paying someone to rebuild the wheel he'll probably have to replace the spokes anyway - most wheelbuilders like to start with new ones since they can't know the history of the old ones. [I would do this too if rebuilding someone else's wheel.]

I'd suggest to the OP that this would be an excellent time to learn wheelbuilding. Get a replacement rim with the same (or within a mm or two) ERD, tape it to the current wheel, and move the spokes over one at a time. Finally do the tensioning and truing - Sheldon Brown's site has some good instructions.
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