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For a Phil low flange fixed/free rear and front matching hub and a pair of 32 hole Open Pros I have a nice set of DT Swiss spokes that are 294mm.
The online calculators vary between 294.2 and 294.4mm with 3 crosses so I thought going down to the nearest mm would be OK.
BUT a well known independent store says I need 296mm.
As I have no idea about building wheels who is correct and do I return to aforesaid snooty store and tell them to stick their spokes you know where and just get on with using the ones I have supplied?