Custom advice can be confusing.
I had one local wheelbuilder ask me about what spokes I was going to use and scoff when I told him 36 CX-Rays.
I proceeded to enlighten him that the decision was made, his advice on the spokes hadnt been asked, and unless he could come up with a good reason for his condescending attitude he'd just lost the job of building them.
He tried to tell me that the Rohloff's 2.7mm hole was too big for the spoke and that they would definitely brake a 2mm spoke elbow.
Imagine my surprise when looking at the Rohloff site the spokes they state:
"Lacing a SPEEDHUB with extra thick 2.3mm spokes is not permitted. Doing so may well result in hub shell warranty loss."
Further reading ment I found Rohloffs spoke page which shows they sell Sapim spokes (who make CX-Ray) and the spokes Rohloff sell for their hub are in fact
the same dimension as Sapims CX-Ray and no mention of needing larger elbow dimensions (2mm is fine).
http://www.rohloff.de/en/products/speed ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.rohloff.de/en/technology/wor ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The wheelbuilder in question supposedly builds a lot of wheels so I dont know what to make of him - Bad day perhaps?
I'm taking my build elsewhere
I sent my last lot of hubs to the states in California where wheelbuilder.com resides. I would have done the same with this build but was too paranoid to
trust my pricy Rohloff to the postal service once again.
Surly Ogre, Extrawheel trailer.