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Been away for a bit, sorry to drag this up again but in this case the spokes I plan to reuse would be 1.5mm longer than spoke calc says is needed... is this still a no?
Thanks in advance,
Matt
mattyc-
definately. threads will poke out by about 2mm and the you will run out of thread before that. of course moulson book suggests you can round up quite a bit. this though is wrong. the times I have done this the spoke always pokes out a bit too much. spoke stretch when stress relieved and the spokes bed into the hub as well.
cycleclinic
Rear hub flange diameters are too different. New spokes should be used. 1.5mm difference is quite a bit and risk is spoke failure at the nipple. The op rim is not stiff and flex combined with spokes that are too short may cause unhappiness.