Hi,
Thursday, September 18, 2008, 11:53:57 AM, Jan Heine wrote:
> At 9:44 AM -0400 9/18/08, Dmitry Yaitskov wrote:
>>
>>IMO there is a lot of space between "original" with proper period
>>spokes, and "daily beater". I bought the Hetchins for looks, but I do
>>not want it to be a wall decoration - if keeping it original prevents
>>me from riding it (and enjoying the ride), I will sacrifice the
>>originality. At least that's what my current thinking is :) In any
>>case, coming back to spokes - I think spokes that look good and
>>"proper" from 3 meters away are good enough for me.
> If you use modern spokes, you may need washers under the spoke heads.
> Modern hub flanges often are a lot thicker than those on older hubs,
> and the spoke elbows are longer to match.
> If you use spokes with elbows that are too long, you will break
> spokes prematurely.
This particular wheel that I want to rebuild already does have washers under the spoke heads (and I think I will reuse them). Which may be another indication that the wheel is a recently attempted build (I say "attempted" because, as I explained earlier, all the spokes on it were loose when I received it, and they were laced through the wrong holes).
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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.