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<blockquote data-quote="Cyborg" data-source="post: 149909" data-attributes="member: 3426"><p>Thank you for measuring those flanges. I have 5 here and they range from 0.460 to 0.479, oddly enough the thin one is painted and looks like it’s new.</p><p>A learned fellow from Australia measured a couple. One was 0.472 and the other was 0.548. The narrower one would not allow him to slip spokes between the flange and drum, but the 0.548 would.</p><p></p><p>Timetraveller, do you have an orphan drum and a Vincent spoke… if so, could you hold the flange against the drum and see if you can slip a spoke in there?</p><p></p><p>I received a response from Bushannon and it reads as follows:</p><p></p><p>“We can not make the head diameter of the 8-10gauge spokes any smaller since the heads are hammered on. The head diameter on the 8gauge spoke is roughly .290”. What we can do is make a 9-10gage spoke which would have a head diameter of roughly .270” like the spokes on the front wheel. We really don’t recommend the 9gauge spokes for the rear wheel unless the bike is not ridden that much.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyborg, post: 149909, member: 3426"] Thank you for measuring those flanges. I have 5 here and they range from 0.460 to 0.479, oddly enough the thin one is painted and looks like it’s new. A learned fellow from Australia measured a couple. One was 0.472 and the other was 0.548. The narrower one would not allow him to slip spokes between the flange and drum, but the 0.548 would. Timetraveller, do you have an orphan drum and a Vincent spoke… if so, could you hold the flange against the drum and see if you can slip a spoke in there? I received a response from Bushannon and it reads as follows: “We can not make the head diameter of the 8-10gauge spokes any smaller since the heads are hammered on. The head diameter on the 8gauge spoke is roughly .290”. What we can do is make a 9-10gage spoke which would have a head diameter of roughly .270” like the spokes on the front wheel. We really don’t recommend the 9gauge spokes for the rear wheel unless the bike is not ridden that much.” [/QUOTE]
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