Well Wiz and Fiets,
It happened Saturday, A 28 hole wheel with a 28 hole hub spoked up 2x on the drive side, and radial on the nd side. Superbe pro hub with 8spd freewheel and all of the spokes so loose I couldn't remove the free wheel. I had to bastardize the spoke pattern to get enough grip to remove the FW, and then start on the wheel. And of course it was a bunch of bladed spokes. Went to UBI for lengths and they were all three mm too long for the wheel as set up. Another case of don't try to do this at home! My thoughts are that the original wheel was crashed and the owner just thought the new Mavic rim would just move onto the old one. I'm gonna rebuild it with 3x on both sides even with the cut outs for the bladed spokes, and do it with normal spokes, You guys are right that cut outs for the blades did some minor damage to the spoke holes but not enough to break the hub like the Campi one I posted elsewhere. Smiles, MH