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Old 12-17-14 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
It shouldn't be too hard to do. If it is a shift of one spoke or so, you could probably loosen all the spokes, then remove one spoke, then move all the rest forward one hole. You still need to re-true the whole wheel.
It's OK to do this by two spokes but not by one. The spoke holes in the rim are offset left and right. Crossing them makes for a bad wheel.
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