"On the point about spokes, I was pricing out components to build a 650b wheel set and it seems that there are no 650b spokes available? Which size spoke do you use for a 650b build? Maybe once I read the answer it'll be a duh moment. "
650B spokes are a little longer than spokes for 26" wheels and a little shorter than spokes for 700c wheels. ;-) Many common patterns require spokes in the ~285mm range. Shops have stuff in the 296-302 range for 700c, and stuff in the 260-270 range for 26". Better shops have the Phil spoke cutter, and can make you one spoke. Riders who like to "be prepared" often carry a driveside rear, since that's usually the one that breaks and is often only a mm or two short for everywhere else. Or the emergency repair spokes can work for anything. When I've built my own 650B wheels, I bought spokes from Rich Lesnik. For light rims, like the PL23, I leave it to a pro. Rich or Mike Varley. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
