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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      I’ll run it again and try and get it right. I think I saved a photo of my old numbers. It’s close now. New spokes are cheap enough, but...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      Oh no helpful you are. I’m going to revisit my calculations. I appreciate your input. Now I know where I went wrong. I reordered my...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      Dah. Another dah is that the stuff for this project I’ve been ordering has been either returned to the vendor or thrown out by the post...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      Yeah, your right, gives me something o focus on and keeps me busy
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      The LBS dug out an old, laminated, yellowed spoke length chart. They keep it rolled up in a cardboard tube. It’s poster sized, sort of...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      I think the drive side had larger spokes, I’m going to use hub washers there. Also, the hub originally wasn’t laced in a normal way...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      I got the spokes right finally after playing musical spokes. The hub is centered, the spoke tension is good and the spokes end at the...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      They are both sides flush with the nipple screwdriver slot. Nothing sticks out the nipple and no threads show on the other. Nice and...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      Like I said I tried to tension it. Spoke length is off. You can’t move it over enough even if the spokes stick out and are hardly in on...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      My measurements are right. None None of the spoke length calculators give you a consistent answer. The hub is too weird. Never had a...
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      I got one of these. No baskets, someone might steal it for the baskets.
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      So…. Dag-gone! You’d think bolting some old rusty parts together would be a snap! NOT!!!! Wow…. Super tough to get the rear wheel...
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      Ok: here we go! Scored this old Huffman I think last winter. I used it as yard art all summer. Im going through a basket phase, so I...
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      us56456712 replied to the thread ORBO Tracker tribute.
      Here is my result using the spoke calculator that Wildcat uses. It’s wrong for sure. I already tried 267mm spokes and their way too...
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