Nextie Xiphias 85 (XS85) 26" spoke length

ERD 544 mm, made in 32 hole. The holes are staggered 3 mm either side of centre, which the lengths allow for. Pick your hub in the calculator for your exact spoke lengths.

Rim

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ERD 544 mm, made in 32 hole. Staggered drilling: holes 3 mm either side of centre, allowed for in the lengths.

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 32 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, 32 hole, J-bend spokes, 544 mm ERD.

Side	Spokes	Length
Left (disc side)3-cross	16	263 mm262.7 worked out
Right (drive side)3-cross	16	261 mm261.4 worked out

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

Tension: the left spokes run at 58% of the right side's tension. Bracing angles 6.3° left, 3.6° right.

Weight: these spokes and alloy nipples come to about 190 g (about 211 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

B4, about 484 Hz at 63 kgf

E5, about 648 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 fat bike tubeless tape
The wide tape made for Nextie's fat rims.

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 Xiphias 85 (XS85) 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 Fatsno front 150mm	32	264 mm	265 mm	3-cross
Hope Fatsno rear 190 QR / 197x12	32	266 mm	265 mm	3-cross
Nextie Rollingstar II Fatbike front 150mm	32	265 mm	265 mm	3-cross
Hope Fatsno front 135mm / 142x15	32	263 mm	264 mm	3-cross
Hope Fatsno rear 170 QR / 177x12	32	264 mm	263 mm	3-cross

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

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