Originally Posted by
veganbikes
What spoke calculator do you generally use? I am about to rebuild some DA 7400 road hubs to some TB14s and I have generally used QBP and at least one other (usually Sapim) to check. We have a PW spoke cutter so it isn't a huge deal if I go longer (and I might just go long and buy in bulk and cut them down myself) but I am curious why add 2mm?
The only spoke calc I use is
this one.
I usually add 2mm because I've found some of the eyelets on TB14 rims to be inconsistent from batch to batch, which affects the ERD. It's better to have a couple of mm extra than not enough.