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Old 07-24-24 | 01:38 PM
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yannisg
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From: NW Peloponnese, Greece
Originally Posted by FBinNY
Normally, simply rolling the shape from flat to round wouldn't change the cross section.

So, it would be easy to use that to calculate* either thickness or width from the other.

EXAMPLE, if starting with a 2mm spoke, you'd have a cross section of 3.14mm (1x1xpi), or 3.14x1 or 2.5x1.25 when flattened. (or something comparable if more oval than flat)

I prefaced this by saying "normally" because it's possible to combine swaging and flattening to produce blades or ovals with smaller x-sections. (though offhand, I don't know of any that do)

*of course, if you have the spoke measuring is preferable.
I have the various spokes, but I didn't expect to find such differences. I'll use these spoke on my fixture to calibrate the Parktool tension meter so the exact dimensions don;t matter so much.
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