Originally Posted by
well biked
+1. And it's likely the spokes used on an old steel-rimmed Raleigh, if they're the original spokes, are particularly crappy, definitely not worth salvaging. Besides that, the odds of them being the right length for the new rim are not good.
I can understand some of that.. but.. if they've NOT broke to now.. why would they break with added low mileage? Assuming any old Raleigh with no breakage gets ridden lightly.. or by a light weight rider.
Per the rim swap out... what is the position of your spoke in the nipple head now? Goes to how closely you'd need to match ERD.... if there all well down into the nipple you'd need to make sure you get a close match.. a little longer ones you could use a slightly larger ERD than you have now.
Paying someone to replace that rim.. all new spokes.
Doing the work yourself on a low mileage set of spokes.. maybe worth a try.