Originally Posted by El Cid

I never even thought to look at the quality and material of my old spokes. If they turn out to be generic, low-grade crap, then I'll replace them.

For those keeping score, I have a Surly Krampus with 50mm Rabbit Hole rims. I've decided to replace the SRAM hub with a Shutter Precision PD-8. Since I've never done this, I looked at specs for my wheel and hub. The Surly website says that my rim is compatible with 32 hole hubs. The SRAM hub has a QR...something or other, and a 100mm o.l.d. I don't even know what those numbers mean, but they appear to be the same on both hubs.

So the spokes are going to come out of the wheel and then go back in. Well, ideally. If I mess it all up I might end up back at the bike shop anyway.