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12-23-14 | 12:43 PM

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Bill Kapaun

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Originally Posted by Jiggle

You can use a 1.5mm spoke which will stretch about 1mm under tension and use brass nipples instead of aluminum.

Which entails buying new spokes.
If buying new spokes, why not get the correct length?

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