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It seems that info on spoke lengths for wheel building for fat bikes is a little difficult to determine (at least for me), especially for offset wheels for Pugsley and the like. So, I thought it might be nice to have a thread with info on what combinations people have used to successfully build their wheels.
I'll start with my rear wheel Pugsley build:
Hub - Shimano M756 6-bolt rear disc hub, 135 mm, 32 hole
Rim - Vicious Cycles Graceful Fat Sheba (single wall), 32 hole, offset drilled
Spokes - 260 mm 14 g. DT both sides
Nipples - 12 mm brass
This built up pretty nicely. I don't have a truing stand that will accomodate the hub and additional spacer required for a Pugsley build, so I clamped the fork in my Park workstand and mounted the wheel on it. Used twist ties on both sides as truing gauges and sighted down the steerer tube to get it dished correctly.
edit - forgot to add 3x build for both sides
I'll start with my rear wheel Pugsley build:
Hub - Shimano M756 6-bolt rear disc hub, 135 mm, 32 hole
Rim - Vicious Cycles Graceful Fat Sheba (single wall), 32 hole, offset drilled
Spokes - 260 mm 14 g. DT both sides
Nipples - 12 mm brass
This built up pretty nicely. I don't have a truing stand that will accomodate the hub and additional spacer required for a Pugsley build, so I clamped the fork in my Park workstand and mounted the wheel on it. Used twist ties on both sides as truing gauges and sighted down the steerer tube to get it dished correctly.
edit - forgot to add 3x build for both sides