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First attempt at wheel building.....help as I go.

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EDBANGER:
I fancied giving this a go as I traded some forks for a set of wheels but the hubs weren't great.  I managed to pick up NOS Odyssey Profactor sealed bearing hubs for £30.  As this is the first time I've ever attempted this I think I'm gonna need some help and advice. 

So far I've taken the spokes out of the rear wheel and measured the distance between opposite spoke holes on the flange which is 67mm.  My head is now spinning.  The wheels were originally x3 laced but I was going to x4 lace them.  In laymens terms (and I do mean real idiot terms here), how do I figure out which length spokes I need for the job.  I'm pretty sure they'll need to be longer than the one that I took off??  What's confusing me is the ones I took off were approx 174mm to the bend (are the lengths to the bend or from end to end?).  When I'm looking on ebay though most spokes start at 180mm.

Chapperz:
Spoke lengths to the inside of the bend. There is a good calculator in the tech and restoration stickies by stidds. It's spot on

hokuspokus74:
Ah Ed you dont know what you have let yourself in for  :crazy2: can be a fooking nightmare,then you got to tru them hmmmmm i got one set bang on but another set i just cant sort it,plus ive loads off 184-186mm spokes to use and not sure what cross and all the other jargon is to get to use these  :-\

EDBANGER:
As I was undoing the first spoke I was think "maybe this isn't a good idea??".  I'm up for the challenge though  ;D

Right then, I'll need to have a look at Mr Stidds's sticky then.

EDBANGER:
The Stidds sticky is perfect.  I'd seen guides trying to explain that with harsh looking mathematical equations and my brain just went into panic mode and melted.  Stidd's guide had nice pictures  :LolLolLolLol:

So according to the calculations the spoke length that I need is 179mm.  As I said before they all seem to start at 180mm.  Will that extra mm make any difference?

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