Nextie NXT26AM40 26" spoke length

ERD 515 mm, made in 28, 32 hole. Pick your hub in the calculator for your exact spoke lengths.

Rim

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ERD 515 mm, made in 28, 32 hole.

Washers under the nipples (optional), mm thick

Some alloy rims use them. Leave empty if you don't.

How to measure ERD yourself

Take two spokes of a known length and screw a nipple onto each until the thread end is flush with the top of the nipple. Drop them through opposite spoke holes so the nipples sit in the rim as they would in a built wheel. Pull them tight towards each other and measure the gap between the bent ends. ERD is the gap plus both spoke lengths.

Hub

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J-bend. Flange diameter 57 / 59 mm, centre to flange 32 / 19.6 mm (left / right).

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Lacing

Spoke holes

Crosses, left (disc side)

Crosses, right (drive side)

I've started you on 3-cross for 28 hole, which suits most wheels. Radial is only for a side that doesn't brake or drive: a rim-brake front, or the non-drive side of a rim-brake rear.

SpokesSpoke type

Used for the stretch, the weight and the ping note.

Tension, tighter side, kgf

Most wheels 100 to 130. Check your rim's limit.

Spokes come in

Allow for spoke stretch (spokes stretch a little once they're tight, thin ones most)

Spoke lengths

Check your rim and hub against the maker's sizes before you order spokes.

Rear wheel, 28 hole, J-bend spokes, 515 mm ERD.

Side	Spokes	Length
Left (disc side)3-cross	14	253 mm253.4 worked out
Right (drive side)3-cross	14	252 mm252.0 worked out

Rounded to the nearest mm. Between two sizes, go for the shorter one.

Tension: the left spokes run at 62% of the right side's tension. Bracing angles 7.3° left, 4.5° right.

Weight: these spokes and alloy nipples come to about 161 g (about 179 g with brass nipples).

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Left (disc side): spokes I have, mm

Right (drive side): spokes I have, mm

Nipple length

Ping tuner: what each side should sound like

C5, about 519 Hz at 68 kgf

E5, about 673 Hz at 110 kgf

Pluck each spoke between the rim and where it last crosses another, and match the note. Every spoke on one side should sound the same. It's a guide to even tension by ear, not a tension meter.

Often needed with this wheel

A Garbaruk cassette
Lightweight 10-52 and 10-44 options for XD, MicroSpline and HG freehubs.
Nextie tubeless tape and valves
Ready for the tyre when the wheel is built.

These lengths come from the makers' published sizes and a standard sum. Rims and hubs vary from batch to batch, and sizes you put in yourself are only as good as your measuring. Travers Bikes takes no responsibility for spoke lengths worked out with this calculator, or for spokes, wheels or parts bought or built using them.

Nextie NXT26AM40 26" with common hubs

J-bend lengths include the bend; straight-pull lengths include the hub maker's spoke offset. Rounded to the nearest mm.
	Holes	Left	Right	Lacing
Hope Pro 5 Boost front 110mm, 6-bolt	28	253 mm	254 mm	3-cross
Hope Pro 5 Boost rear 148mm, 6-bolt	28	254 mm	252 mm	3-cross
DT Swiss 240 EXP Boost front 110mm, Centrelock	28	254 mm	256 mm	3-cross
DT Swiss 240 EXP Boost rear 148mm, Centrelock	28	255 mm	253 mm	3-cross
Shimano Deore XT HB-M8210 front 110mm, Centrelock	28	254 mm	255 mm	3-cross
Shimano Deore XT FH-M8210-B rear 148mm, Centrelock	28	254 mm	252 mm	3-cross
Nextie Rollingstar II MTB front 110mm (straight pull)	28	257 mm	258 mm	3-cross
Nextie Rollingstar II MTB rear 148mm (straight pull)	28	258 mm	256 mm	3-cross
SON 28 15x110 Boost, Centrelock	28	253 mm	253 mm	3-cross

Back to the spoke length calculator for how it works and how to measure your own parts.

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