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Is it ok to use the same spokes on a wheel when rebuilding?

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stevepeanut:
At christmas I bought my lass some Suzue hubs and Odyssey rims, we had a local bike shop supply spokes and build the wheels. The bike has been ridden once on Wini's ride, maybe 10 miles at the most. Mrsnut always wanted a pink frame with white rear hub, and white forks with pink front hub. So they are opposites. I couldn't find a pink hub then as soon as the wheels were done I found one.

What we want to do, is strip the wheel, as seen in the top pic, and rebuild it with the pink hub as seen in the bottom pic.

Is it ok to to re-use the spokes? I hoped it would be ok, they have only been ridden once.

The local shop says we need brand new spokes if we are changing the hubs. This is going to cost £30-£40 to get new spokes and a build. Is this correct advice? or can we save a load of money and re-use the spokes we have?

Gish:
You will be able to use the spokes already in the wheel  :daumenhoch:

The bike shop is just trying to fleece you   :2gunsfiring_v1:

GavinDavis:
Agreed, there is no problem with using the existing spokes  :daumenhoch:

garran:
as a newly appointed wheel building expert!!! ;) i would say use the old ones as long as they are the correct size, also you can get 100 for £6 on ebay

nosepickben:
The bikeshop man has now proven himself to be wrong, or a liar. You will be perfectly ok to use the same spokes, as long as the spoke hole pcd of the new hubflange is no more than a millimetre or 2 different.

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