Wheel building for polo

No chance, no idea where to start.

Will pop into Push tomorrow and see if they can help out.

Yeah we have digital and dial and vernier calipers.
Fill yer boots.

So my spoke measurements come out as follows -

Front - 267.4
Rear - L 267.6 / R 265.6

Looking on SPA they only have 266 or 268, which should I go for?

268 Front and Rear Left, and 266 Rear Right

Call them, they have other lengths than what it says on the website. I had a similar predicament.
#hopingspokesarrivetoday.

Cheers, will give them a call later

I fell in between the 278 - 282 range so probably more significant. Turns out they had 280.
And by 'eck the bloke on the phone is proper northern.

Did you use SPA or sdeals ?

Spa, I wasn't aware of sdeals.

Does anyone in the comunitay have a truing jig? I have built wheels before without but I want to try and get this one absolutely spot on.

sdeals are good, when i managed to order the wrong length they exchanged them without a fuss. They even included a handwritten note which is nice.

I have a jig Dan, pickup from N16 or polo some time.

Splendid. Can one carry it whilst riding one's bicycle?

Anyone know where I can buy have some strongs? 278/280mm are like gold dust and chicken the distributor are out of stock. Online isn't really an option cus I'll be leaving soon

Push.

I've ordered with Push but its been 2 weeks now and they dont know when they'll have them cus the suppliers are out of stock. Condor might cut some down for me and roll new threads but thats gonna be around 80p per spoke

Spa? Or try these guys, pricy but they'll deliver next day... http://www.53-12.com/

sdeals are good, pretty cheap too.

What tension are people running on their spokes in the front wheel? i've got straight guage spokes currently with an average tension of 97, but keep breaking spokes and have had to put a cover on (which i hate). whats the ideal tension to avoid breakages?

96.995

Ha!

nerdy jokes going over my head

There are too many variables to be honest, I imagine thicker spokes at lower tensions will break less than thinner spokes at higher tensions.

You're probably just going through an unlucky spell...

plain gauge spokes between 110-120. Do you have a wheel covers?

What's the conversion factor for "ping" when you pluck them?