confusedcyclist
Veteran
Don't have the exact measurements with me right now (will edit the thread when I get home), but I have been using roger musson's calculator to determine spoke length for my factory built Giant PR-2 wheelset.
I understand the spoke length varies depending on how you lace the wheel, and I'm assuming that my rear wheel was laced 3x (spoke moves over 3 holes from hub to rim, yes my terminology is way off!)
And the calculator is throwing out measurements that are way off the spokes that I have previously removed from my wheel (5+ mm). The reason I'm re-building the wheel is because I kept losing spokes when the wheels had done less than 800 miles. How likely in your experience is it that these factory built wheels might be using the wrong sized spokes or have I messed up my own measurements (I'm 99% sure these are accurate within 1-3mm)?
I understand the spoke length varies depending on how you lace the wheel, and I'm assuming that my rear wheel was laced 3x (spoke moves over 3 holes from hub to rim, yes my terminology is way off!)
And the calculator is throwing out measurements that are way off the spokes that I have previously removed from my wheel (5+ mm). The reason I'm re-building the wheel is because I kept losing spokes when the wheels had done less than 800 miles. How likely in your experience is it that these factory built wheels might be using the wrong sized spokes or have I messed up my own measurements (I'm 99% sure these are accurate within 1-3mm)?