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11/27/13 at 2:36pm
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So I had a friend/customer break his final spoke on a rear wheel that has had a chronic spoke breaking problem.  He purchased the wheel online from somewhere so he decided to re-lace the hub to a new rim with new spokes, etc.  Got a big surprise when we unlaced the old wheel...

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Spokes on the top were on the non drive side.  Spokes on the bottom were on the drive side.

Who does this?!  WTH?!  There have got to be at least 6 or 7 different lengths there. Tongue


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Reply #1 - 11/27/13 at 3:07pm
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holy $hit. How did they even get away with that? super long nips?
  
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Reply #2 - 11/27/13 at 4:10pm
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Screaming Knees wrote on 11/27/13 at 3:07pm:
holy $hit. How did they even get away with that? super long nips?

Dude, I couldn't tell you.  Some of the spokes were barely in the nipples and some were at least 3-4mm above the head of some nipples.  Looks like a wheel builder was cleaning out his "odds and ends" drawer. Tongue
  
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Does size really matter? Cheesy
  
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Reply #4 - 12/11/13 at 4:33am
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hudsontp wrote on 12/09/13 at 2:07am:
Does size really matter? Cheesy


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