Replacing broken spoke - size issue

RichR2

Broke a spoke on drive side rear of my Prolite Braccianos. Sourcing a new spoke from prolite or uk importer is impossible (gradually discovering how crap most bike companies after sales service is), so been trying to find alternative. Found some DT Swiss Aero Lite spokes but they only come in sizes 1mm shorter or longer than the quoted size on Prolites Tech page for Braccianos.

I've never done any wheel work and would like to know if that 1mm is critical and if not, whether its best to go 1mm longer or shorter. Thanks

freezing77

Go shorter. 1 mm is not critical.

shadow4532

http://www.justridingalong.com/wheel-parts/spokes.html
try here they'll even cut them to length for you.

RichR2

That's brilliant, thanks for the link.

ugo.santalucia

What size are they quoting? Many of these quoted sizes are wrong