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mtnbikinbryno
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Hi all, new to the forum and I'd appreciate some help!
I'm rebuilding a wheel from a JC Higgins Flightliner. I pulled the spokes (without looking at the pattern first ), went to the LBS, and got some new spokes that are very close in size to the original spokes - very slightly longer.
I'm rebuilding the wheel with a 3-cross pattern and running into a problem with the new spokes being too long - long enough that if I leave it as-is, I'll have to dremel the tops of the threads off or I will pop a tube, even with spoke tape on top. The spokes aren't even tightened up yet and I'm already sticking out from the top of the nipples a 16th of an inch.
Here's a picture of the wheel when I first got it - I colored in some of the drive-side spokes; green are trailing and red are leading. This does look like a regular 3-cross pattern, right?
Another picture of the wheel but not edited:
And a picture of the wheel with the new spokes installed in a 3-cross:
Any other ideas of what I might be doing wrong? I've checked and checked and I'm 99% sure I reinstalled the spokes correctly for a 3 cross. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
I'm rebuilding a wheel from a JC Higgins Flightliner. I pulled the spokes (without looking at the pattern first ), went to the LBS, and got some new spokes that are very close in size to the original spokes - very slightly longer.
I'm rebuilding the wheel with a 3-cross pattern and running into a problem with the new spokes being too long - long enough that if I leave it as-is, I'll have to dremel the tops of the threads off or I will pop a tube, even with spoke tape on top. The spokes aren't even tightened up yet and I'm already sticking out from the top of the nipples a 16th of an inch.
Here's a picture of the wheel when I first got it - I colored in some of the drive-side spokes; green are trailing and red are leading. This does look like a regular 3-cross pattern, right?
Another picture of the wheel but not edited:
And a picture of the wheel with the new spokes installed in a 3-cross:
Any other ideas of what I might be doing wrong? I've checked and checked and I'm 99% sure I reinstalled the spokes correctly for a 3 cross. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!