Thread: Trimming Spoke excess length off ends
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Old 07-08-08 | 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by maddmaxx
Pardon my asking, but if its below the 2nd wall, why trim them? They shouldn't be much more than a millimeter or so above the top of the nipple if properly sized anyway.
All that extra rotating weight !!!

You must have had a heck of a lot of threads to start with to have that much come out the other end of the nipple.
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