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04-26-13, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by mariachi

Since I can't really be sure, I'm just going to the same shop where I bought the spokes and ask them to critic my work. They are renown for their quality, so I guess I can trust their advice.

I was dumb and didn't ask neither the size of the spokes, nor the material of the nipples...

That's a good idea. If they did the calculation ans sold the spokes, you might ask that they check their own work, and maybe see where you or they went wrong.

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