Velocity NoBS 700c spoke length

ERD 605 mm, made in 28, 32, 36, 40, 48 hole. Pick your hub in the calculator for your exact spoke lengths.

Rim

Rim maker

Choose the rim

ERD 605 mm, made in 28, 32, 36, 40, 48 hole.

Sizes from Velocity's own website. Rims change, so check the ERD on yours or on the maker's page.

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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Choose the hub (45 fit this rim)

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

Hub not listed? Choose "Type in my hub", or tell me which one and I'll add it.

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, 605 mm ERD.

Side	Spokes	Length
Left (disc side)3-cross	14	298 mm297.9 worked out
Right (drive side)3-cross	14	297 mm296.7 worked out

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

Tension: the left spokes run at 61% of the right side's tension. Bracing angles 6.2° left, 3.8° right.

Weight: these spokes and alloy nipples come to about 186 g (about 204 g with brass nipples).

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Will my spokes fit?

Left (disc side): spokes I have, mm

Right (drive side): spokes I have, mm

Nipple length

Ping tuner: what each side should sound like

G#4, about 421 Hz at 68 kgf

C#5, about 545 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
Gravel and road cassettes for XDR, XD and HG freehubs.
Nextie carbon rims
Every Nextie rim is in this calculator too, and I can build any of them into a wheel for you.

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.

Velocity NoBS 700c 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 front 100mm, Centrelock	28	298 mm	299 mm	3-cross
Hope Pro 5 rear 135/142mm, Centrelock	28	298 mm	297 mm	3-cross
DT Swiss 240 EXP front 100mm, Centrelock	28	298 mm	299 mm	3-cross
DT Swiss 240 EXP rear 135/142mm, Centrelock	28	299 mm	297 mm	3-cross
Chris King R45D front 100mm	28	297 mm	298 mm	3-cross
Chris King R45D rear 142mm	28	298 mm	297 mm	3-cross
SON 28 / 28 SL 12x100, Centrelock	28	297 mm	298 mm	3-cross

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

A pair of Nextie carbon wheels built at Travers Bikes

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