Originally Posted by
zukahn1
I'm not great at wheels but I think you should be fine. Before you panic and relace or replace the wheels just replace the broken spoke and consider tightening all the spokes a little more most people tend to lace wheels a little to loose for easy trueing.
Even if he was 20 kgf low on his tension, I doubt he'd get nearly enough turn on the nipples to make up for that discrepancy.
To the OP. If I ended up that short I'd have aborted the build as soon as I realized it and exchanged for the proper spokes. I didn't build my own wheelset to end up with wheels less properly spec'ed than what I can buy off the shelf. I built them so that I could control the quality and end up with a set not just built 'as well,' but one hopefully built better. I say re-build them right and learn from the mistake.
-Jeremy