[CR] spoke incident

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From: "Jon Crate" <Jon@FAI.US>
To: "'Classic Rendezvous'" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 00:11:21 -0500
Organization: FAI Materials Testing Laboratory
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Subject: [CR] spoke incident


Dear CR Friends,

The Normandy/Mavic Montlery rear wheel that came with my 69 PX-10 suffered a spoke incident bending 5 on the drive side.

I removed them and measured them at 306/307 mm long.

They were 0.062" to 0.066" (not very round) with butted ends at 0.070 to 0.072" (15/16/15).

The end stamps looks like a capitol E, but are a bit hard to make out.

Can anyone tell me who made them? Edco?

Does anyone have a few this size and brand they can sell to me?

Last time I did this I noticed replacing the 'outeys' was much easier than the 'inneys'

What is the trick to lace a replacement spoke among its peers without bending the heck out of it?

Of course I loosened them all to get the bent ones out w/o warping the rim.

I searched CR, BOB & Sheldon, but never found any explanation how to get a replacement threaded without damaging it.

Is there a guide published somewhere or do you have any words to the wise?

Thank you,

Jon M. Crate

Marietta, Georgia USA