Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

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svenhöek in reply to @Brommers

From the same thread from weight weenies:

Space could be tight.

Flattening your own spokes does not sound that difficult:

For example, it looks like the flattening isn't quite 2 mm across (the flats aren't quite even with the spoke diameter). Possibly it's around 3 mm or so. I would measuring to confirm, then maybe tape two 3 mm allen keys (or some other hard things which are the right thickness) in my vice and flatten each spoke head, with the allen keys functioning as a repeatable spacer or tooling stop.

So just squash them a bit in a vice...

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150872#p1389190

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GideonPARANOID in reply to @svenhöek

Not entirely sure that I'd trust myself to do this effectively, but I have a friend with a good mechanical mind, bike building experience & all manners of tools. Going to buy some wheels I can feel confident on for an upcoming tour (two weeks in the Italian/Swiss Alps!) in September, & then butcher the wheels & see what we can do later in the year.

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