Originally Posted by Rubato

I don't want to hijack a thread but I think this might be almost relevant. I read books, the internet, BF etc. I'm teaching myself to build wheels. I don't want to embarass myself when I walk into the LBS and buy spokes. How is "2.0-1.8-2.0" pronounced? "Two-oh, one eight, two-oh?" "Twenty-eighteen-twenty?" I've been using the gauge equilivents to cover my inexperience...
And now that I think of it, I have a Schmidts Original Nabendynamo hub. It's abbreviated "SON." How does the industry pronounce that? "s-o-n?" or "Sun?"
Thanks for the insight