Christ, spent about 2 hours today building a wheelset with Comp straight pulls and prolock nipples. NEVER AGAIN! The only way I could hold the spokes still was to grip as much of it as possible with my spare hand and a paper towel. No number of soft-jawed grips etc. would hold it.
If only. Straight pull spokes want to spin in the hub more than they want to screw into the nipple. Bladed spokes are still a good solution to the holding problem.
Christ, spent about 2 hours today building a wheelset with Comp straight pulls and prolock nipples. NEVER AGAIN! The only way I could hold the spokes still was to grip as much of it as possible with my spare hand and a paper towel. No number of soft-jawed grips etc. would hold it.