Advice Needed Re-Wheel Build!

steve23

right, so ive got a shimano ultegra hub, 32 holes..........

and im going to buy a 32 hole mavic open pro rim..........

BUT what spokes do i need to purchase? as regards to length? i looked on wiggle and it just threw me!

any advice appreciated, thanks!

redvee

Clicking here takes you to this confusing table

sicknote

You could do like I did and get this book and will be building my back wheel soon
Good luck

balthazar

Try Damon Rinard's Excel calc:

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/spoc ... alculators

It includes measurements for many rims and hubs, certainly Open Pro and various incarnations of Ultegra. It looks technical but is not so difficult to work out even if you aren't used to spreadsheets.

ride_whenever

err on the side of more length, the dt calculator can come up a bit short.

You best bet would be to get your lbs to measure and order the spokes for you.

Spoke-wise, dt double butted, aerospeed or sapim cx-ray are all good and easy to build with. You could even go down to the dt revolutions which are slimmer on a road bike.

Monty Dog

I expect you'll find that your LBS will use the DT Spoke Calc rather than work it out! If you are planning to build them yourself, I'd suggest you don't use DT Revolutions and particularly not on the rear drive-side - they are quite 'stretchy' and trickier to get even tension. Given your choice of components, a DT or Sapim double-butted spoke will be perfectly adequate

steve23

cheers guys, have sorted them! i think!!!