Originally Posted by
thook
yes, yes. i was just reading all about that! there were even images provided on how that can/does fail. the nipple breaks at the stress point of where the too short spoke stops
so, this gets me back to wondering of how long is too long? iow's, is there an estimated or standardized length tolerance before you might run out of threads to adjust? say if i got this lot of 85 spokes at 303mm, how many mm's before i run out of threads at the nipple where i'd ideally need the 300mm spokes?
Unfortunately, that's hard to say. You might not run out of thread, and the only problem will be spokes that stick out. Then you have to file the ends off. It's a pain, but I've done it many times.