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Old 07-20-16 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by e0richt
this is not the case here... I can install the spoke but as I tighten it it starts to become too long and is crowds the tube... enough that it will pop the tube...
If you have enough thread to get the proper tension on the spoke, you can file off the excess protruding through the nipple.

But if the nipple bottoms out on the thread before the spoke is properly tensioned, you need to get a shorter spoke.
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