The spokes arrived yesterday afternoon. I carefully aligned the valve holes on the new rims so I could see the "Dura Ace" on the hubs through the hole, AND the spokes on either side run parallel. The guy who build the current wheels hadn't bothered with that silly detail, but since it costs me nothing to do, what the hell?
I bought Wheelbuilder.com's "Fix" spoke prep, so last night I cleaned all the spokes in mineral spirits followed by acetone before coating the threads. I've got 3 lengths, so I used 3 different Sharpies to color code them. So I'm all ready to go with no excuses left!
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