Originally Posted by
Kopsis
Not according to Sheldon Brown ...
Wheelbuilding -- scroll down to the heading "Spoke Length Calculators":
"Spoke length is measured from the inside of the elbow to the very end of the threads, most usually in millimeters."
Ever done the measurement and compared it to the manufacturer measurement? Hub pcd is taken from the centre of the hole, not the side that the spoke elbow will sit against for any given cross pattern. Sheldon is correct in that the physical measurement is taken that way, but that figure does not yield the actual spoke length.
- joel