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Old 06-23-13 | 08:45 PM
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Originally Posted by interested
..........Basically you take two spokes, cut them so they are 200 mm long each. Glue on a nipple on each so the spoke end are flush with the top of the nipple.
You put each "measuring spoke" in opposite spoke holes in the rim, and use a ruler to measure the the distance between the two spokes.
The entire distance between the two spoke ends are the ERD (2x200 mm+ruler distance=ERD)......
Why cut spokes.
Just buy a few pairs of appropriate lengths.
I get my spokes at coloradocyclist.com, by the spoke and just ordered extra pairs of 265's & 290's to cover anything I expect to deal with.
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