Originally Posted by
maartendc
The spoke end is sticking out about 0.5-1mm from the screw driver slot. So not much at all. So I should have some play to use these spokes with a smaller ERD right?....
From flush, you have about 1.5-1.75ish MM before the nipples run out of thread.
That's just grabbing an old spoke & new DT nipple.
That would give about 3mm more ERD, assuming that NONE of your nipples are more than that. Not real likely, but possible.