You are reading a single comment by @Turkish and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
Turkish
frankenbike
I forgot to mention that I do use a rubber band. I didn't find it that complicated. You've got two spokes (of any length) held in tension across a rim. You measure across them to the ends of the nipples. Then you measure a nipple and add that (x2) to the total spoke distance. I repeat twice more to account for a rim being out of round. It maybe takes 10 mins max for two rims. If you're feeling lucky, you can assume that your rims have an identical ERD and are sufficiently round to warrant one measurement.