New rims, new spokes?

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All uphill

Still rolling along
Location
Somerset
A year ago I rebuilt my tourer's wheels with new hubs and spokes.

Now the rims are worn beyond the wear marks and I want to rebuild them again ready for 2020.

My question is whether I need to use new spokes even though I have ridden only about 1200 miles on the existing ones.

Before anyone tells me I know it would have been a good idea to replace the rims a year ago!
 

Ajax Bay

Guru
Location
East Devon
Those spokes should have many miles still in them. (My rear wheel spokes are now 3+ years old with 30,000+km on them).
Need to make sure the new rim ERD is the same as the worn out one.
I have seen an advert for DT Competition spokes 'half price' (?40p) this week [Edited to add: https://www.tweekscycles.com/uk/dt-swiss-competition-silver-spokes-339260/ ].
 
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andrew_s

Legendary Member
Location
Gloucester
I've got a set of spokes that have seen off 5 rims, at which point matching rims became difficult to find (MA2).

It's best to tape the replacement rim to the old rim and just move the spokes over.
If you dismantle the wheel, try to keep the 2 (front) or 4 (rear) sets of spokes together and use them in the same place for the rebuild.

The only time you'd want new spokes is if any had broken.
 
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