Luke Rainbird Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 A can of spray's only a fiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 I just fitted hope green bore caps, damn should have gone down the model shop and bought a brush and some paint. Would have saved many dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 220 seems awfully short, what's the hub and rim combo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 if thats not how you work out the area iv gone wrong some where or you have got some doggy spokes or lastly you can't measure i took checked a spoke i have here 2.3mmx 1mm. you also assumed all wheels have the same spoke tension. spoke tension is the biggest variable you missed out on and the biggest relation between how stiff and flexy the wheel feels. I was taking the dimensions from the Sapim website, which I assume is what spokes Dez would end up with being that they would be new purchases. Last time I checked they wre 2.3 / 1.0 (like the ones you have) but it appears they have changed. I did (and everyone else did too, including yourself), but I think that's a fair one? Otherwise the answer to the topic is 'it doesn't matter what spokes you choose, it's about the wheelbuild', which doesn't help Dez at all. Just trying to save Dez some cash... They aren't magic spokes. Very nice, yes, expensive, yes, but they can't defy the laws of physics. If you do need 220s, Chickens can special order boxes of 500 with 6-8 week lead time. Not ideal but 500 Leaders are probably the same price as 40 (before I get called out on that one - they come in packs of 20) CX Rays 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted January 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Cheers Adam, i didn't know i could make an order for special spokes. i will be building the wheels myself. I haven't had any problems with any of the 100's wheels out there i have built so should be ok. i will give chickens a call today 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perez Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 220mm on a 24 wheels seems very short, even its radial, are you sure on that size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 The wheels currently use 236mm on 3x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave33 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I'm sure you can get the bonz spokes in that length, they are really cheap and butted 1.8mm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 The wheels currently use 236mm on 3x You'll be somewhere around 226 for radial in that case, would definitely be worth doing a calculation 'from scratch' to confirm before ordering anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted January 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I am using the edd calculator seems to be right. i will probably just stick to 3x just to save all the faff with getting the right spokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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