Always best to measure the rim yourself.
Chain Reaction has a size down to 182, 184, 186, 188, 192 on up if that meets your requirements.
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/spokes
I've played around trying to find the right ERD of a rim to fit those sizes and playing around with the spoke calc to get those sizes, radial, 1x, 2x, in, out.
It never worked out.
Dont forget about
https://www.danscomp.com/
I couldn't find the guy on Vancouver Island that used to or still does do custom spokes.
I've always paid $60 cdn from local ebike shop that makes custom spokes from brand name company spokes and nipples.
No local bicycle shops were able to help me when I was looking for custom spoke lengths for ebike hub builds.
I don't know how they work, if they only have access to or carry the common sizes.
Another angle to go is to cheap out on very cheap ebay spokes for a first go or first around then spend the big bucks.
Problem is that most of the cheap spokes on ebay come from China, so who knows when it will be delivered to you.
This is only an option if you want to be "cheap" / have some insurance on getting ERD wrong (Spend $15 then $60 but in the end, end up spending $75), to try and have the spokes ready for when the rim comes, then spend for good spokes.
Just another game to play.
Buy the Hozan spoke making tool and buy blank spokes or the spokes on Chain Reaction Cycle or anywhere.
Buy the USA Cycle spoke making tool for a few peso's cheaper.
Buy the entire tool, or just buy the $100 threader itself without its $50-100 holder and make your own holder that I'd assume has to be pretty darn precise.
E-HP said:
markz said:
Some specifications on rim websites can be wrong, I remember emailing Grin about a rim website I found for a rim with a differing ERD listing, but Grintech actually measures theirs so I trusted them and ordered spokes for Grintechs ERD #.
Yup, not ordering spokes until I can check the rim itself.
Looks like ordering from Grin, even with the shipping charge, is still cheaper than my LBS, that said $2.50 each for custom lengths with nipples. That's for a plain 14 gauge spoke. Going to do some more searching online, but sure wish I would have thought about it and waited before making my last order. I think Grin comes to $70 delivered, so $1.94. LBS would be $2.75 after tax, so even though I like supporting my local businesses, it's a big difference.