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06-08-25 | 04:31 PM

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Clark W. Griswold

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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26

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Originally Posted by maddog34

there's a phil wood machine on ebayt now.. for 6700 dollars.... the Hozan spoke machine sells for about $2000... there's an AliExpress unit selling for $1400 (Update: Now priced at $3145 and change.. gee, Thanx, DON

.)... i won't speculate on it's ability to function for more than a wheel's worth of spokes... and the Hozan thread-only, vise mounted, hand cranker is selling for between $100 and $300, presently...it looks incredibly flimsy, but might be ok for onesy-twosy stuff, eh? ever used one of those?

so a good :"cut and thread" machine is cost prohibitive.
i'll keep shopping with SunnySpokes and SugarWheels, thanks.
SugarWheels always does me right on nips too... i buy a thousand at a time.

I am talking about the Hozan thread only set up which is cheaper and yes I have used it and the Phil machine is WAAAAAAY better. If you are doing high volume spokes then a spoke machine is I think crucial if you are low volume then a whole different thing.

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