Hi,
On the wm20 front wheel speedo side are there supposed to be specific inner and outer spokes with slightly different angle on the heads. Its just that I have started lacing my front wheel and I can get drum side in fine and speedo side inners in fine but cannot get the outers to line up properly. I have a new set of stainless spokes and the heads all seem to have the same angle. Any help appreciated.
Cheers,
Mike
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You have to bend them! I encountered the same problem when I laced my first front wheel, and then my spokesman (no pun intended
) showed me how to bend them properly, using a soft-head hammer, near the end of the spoke (the hook-side); the rest of the spoke must remain straight.
You can see the one spoke with the nipple high above the hole in the rim, so you have to do some major bending.
Good luck
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Could indeed be a bodge, but my original WW2 wheels came both with bent spokes, and my supplier (JVD Wheels in Uithuizen, NL) has the original data for the spokes.
But let's wait for the return of the experts like Ian, Ron and Dave to hear their opinion
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My father was building spoked wheels from ww2 up to 2002 & i laced hubs for him as a boy (as it was the laborious part) :-D
I have offered advice from experience & wanted to explain what was causing the problem & how it should be done.
But if you find someone to recommend spokes that are bent at the rim of the hub then fine. The flange wouldn't have been designed to endure sideways force from the tensioned spoke, BSA angled the flange where that was an issue (like the rear hub).
Im not an expert though....
My M20 front wheel has correct hook length spokes & i wont be converting 
I'll ask my spokesman! Always possible that this was a WW2 bodge And we still won the war...
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Horror, if your not happy with my post maybe you should write to your MP
Hi Mike, yes it wont do any damage & the wheel wont fall off if you bend them like Hans, but a longer hook length is needed for a completely straight spoke. Its always good to keep old spokes if you had them to see what thier fit is like & measure the hook length.
Where did you live at that time Hans, I am interested to see if I've travelled nearby.
Yes my mother also said there were quite rigid rules about which pieces were better than which, I'm visiting her in hospital every day shes having a vascular related operation on Tuesday so I'm getting lots of good stories, my mum was 10 when war broke out so was not able to fully appreciate the danger, she said it was quite good fun, they moved arround north London to 8 different houses due to bomb damage & very few had glass left in the windows.
I will ask her if she can remember any specific shrapnel 
Hi,
I emailed the guy who made the spokes and he suggested that I make sure the hooks had a 90 degrees bend (which they didn't) so I held the spokes in a vice and tapped the hooks around with a soft mallet to get a good 90 and they seem to line up with the the holes now. Thanks very much for everyones help.
Regards,
Mike
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Hi Fred,
Read my story on http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/74/a2006074.shtml.
There is one error in it: it was May 7th and not 6, that I saw the Polar Bear recce unit enter Amsterdam. Unforgettable...
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