Spokes - length

[yenrod]

Are they 'genreally' of a certain length for a 700c wheel or can mm mean they wont fit = what I need is a few spokes for my wheel BUT I've not got the length measurements or one with me.

The wheel's a Tiagra R/Hub and Mavic Sport rim 32H.

 

[Rapples]

You should be able to find a calculator on Sheldon Brown, or good LBS will work it out fo you

 

[yenrod]

Thanks !

 

[Jakob]

If you got Excel or Openoffice, get spocalc from here:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/spocalc.htm

 

[andygates]

Spocalc has served me well for dozens of wheels.

A decent bike shop will have a lits of their own, too - so you can just ask them for the "right spokes". Plus if they're wrong, you can return them

 

[yenrod]

http://www.dtswiss.com/SpokesCalc/Calculator.aspx

 

[domtyler]

Why don't you just take the wheel in and get the new spokes fitted and the wheel trued in the shop. I usually only costs a tenner or so and will be much less hassle than trying to do it yourself.

 

[02GF74]

spoke length depends on the hub, rim and lacing pattern so as those 3 vary in design and size, so will the spoke's lengths.

 

[yenrod]

Why don't you just take the wheel in and get the new spokes fitted and the wheel trued in the shop. I usually only costs a tenner or so and will be much less hassle than trying to do it yourself.

Dom,


Don't you get any satisfaction out of DIY !!!!

 

[kyuss]

Why don't you just take the wheel in and get the new spokes fitted and the wheel trued in the shop. I usually only costs a tenner or so and will be much less hassle than trying to do it yourself.

A standard double butted spoke will cost less than £1 (maybe as cheap as 30p if plain guage) and if you know what you're doing even a drive side spoke will only take 10-15 minutes to fit and retrue. Some bike shops have a two or three day waiting list for bookings and I'd rather save the £10 and a whole bunch of time and hassle and do it myself.

 

[Steve Austin]

A friend of mine was recently charged £15 to replace 1 spoke