Originally Posted by
jimmuller
Thanks for all the suggestions. I looked at the Dancomp website and it kept showing me bmx stuff. I was wondering if the Hozan tool was any good. It's a heck of a lot cheaper than the pro tools like Phil Wood. [MENTION=57649]iab[/MENTION], you like yours?
I'd be likely looking for Wheelsmith DB14 and DT somethingorother. Of course lengths are all over the proverbial map. Another reason for asking is my neighbor will be building some wheels this winter, his second build, and he asked me for advice.
just call dan's comp on the phone.... yes on the phone, tell them your length needed and the number of spokes. the only thing that disappointed me was they cant go longer than 300mm. fortunately i can do a 4 cross 700c with 300mm spokes.
anyway, the will give you a price per spoke cheaper than you're going to get anywhere else. you do have to pay shipping but its quite reasonable. i have built wheels using dt, wheelsmith and sapim. the wheelsmith and sapim spokes seem quite similar. all of them worked well.