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Originally Posted by maddog34

2.3 mm spokes will typically require a re-drilling/re-chamfering of the hubs to fit...
I just built a pair of 36 hole 29er wheels with Deore XT Disc hubs... Ebay came thru once again.;-)

Not in my experience. The only hubs I’ve had problems with fitting 2.3mm spokes was an old Ringle’ hub. Even that needed only a little bit of drilling and no need to chamfer the hub. Most all modern hubs (around 2000 on) are 2.6mm to fit the 2.3mm rolled spokes. I’ve used 2.3mm spokes on hubs from Shimano to Phil Wood to most of White Industries catalog. Never had a problem.

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