Help with Spoke Lengths - Possible Wheel re-lace
Steve_b77
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If anyone could help me with this it'd be great.
I have a set of wheels which are Mavic 321's on Shimano Deore Disc Hubs, 32 hole front an back, the rims are a bit on the burly side @ 570g's each.
I also have in my shed a set of Alex DP17 rims, in 32 hole, now these are 470g's each, quite a saving in my book.
What I need to know is, how long are the spokes on the Mavic set up as is, it's a 2 cross pattern?
Will I need new spokes to re-lace them on the Alex Rims? If so what size?
I'm looking at keeping cost to a minimum hence the re-lace on the Deore Hubs to get me a lighter / less burly set of wheels.
Thanks in advance.
I have a set of wheels which are Mavic 321's on Shimano Deore Disc Hubs, 32 hole front an back, the rims are a bit on the burly side @ 570g's each.
I also have in my shed a set of Alex DP17 rims, in 32 hole, now these are 470g's each, quite a saving in my book.
What I need to know is, how long are the spokes on the Mavic set up as is, it's a 2 cross pattern?
Will I need new spokes to re-lace them on the Alex Rims? If so what size?
I'm looking at keeping cost to a minimum hence the re-lace on the Deore Hubs to get me a lighter / less burly set of wheels.
Thanks in advance.
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You need to find the ERD of the rims and enter them into a spoke calculator.0
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Found that out, the ERD's are within 1.5mm of each other, so apaprently I can use the same spokes0
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Might be able to! You can measure the length of an existing spoke (do for each side of the wheel by simply removing and putting a steel ruler to it - measure from the inside of the elbow). Then compare to what the spoke calc says.
Old spokes are fine to reuse.0 -
Oh, the easy way is to tape the old tim to the new one - then undo a spoke, move into the new rim and follow round. Be best to loosen them all off equally and gradually first though.0
