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bigfatolly:
Built up some Mike Buff Zeds using 194mm spokes,they were way too long even when i laced them 4x.

Some of the spokes now stick out above the nipple by about 3-4mm.

What do i do as i cant be arsed to un lace them and use shorter spokes.

Dremel off the excess?

brettypeeps:
Obviously you are not usin a low flange Suzue hub. I would redo them with the right spoke :daumenhoch:

bigfatolly:
They are low flange ACS hubs....

stidds:
The problem you get with lacing spokes with generic sizes suggested by others is that this often happens.

Z-rims have a raised central area which call for slightly shorter spokes and also one low flange hub can (and usually is) be a completely different size than another.

I wrote the 'how to' for calculating spoke size exactly for this reason, it would be a for members to work out how to calculate spoke sizes and get it right 1st time.

kalex:
i'm sure i worked this out on mine with LF hubs and got 191mm for a 4x using a spoke calc

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