> > told that it enabled the same length spoke to be
> used with a small flange
> > front and hub gear rear wheels; I never
> investigated to see if this makes
> any
> > sense.
>
> There is absolutely no truth to this statement.
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..sez you. last time I checked, raleigh et al. 3spds
w/ sturmey-archer 40 hole rear hubs laced (4x) to 26x1
3/8" EA3 rims use 11" spokes, which is pretty much the
same (close enough, certainly, to allow
interchangeability) as small flange laced 3x with 32
hole..
bruce (who rode a '72 raleigh sports over here) krueger in urbansk, IL
..oh, did I mention that I just special-ordered ten each of 32o and 40o sun CT18 (nice box section with ferules) in 26x1 3/8" EA3 (even nicer than the AT18 EA3's QBP has in their catalog only in 36o)?