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I'm coming up against the same problem. Just noticed they do 100 16mm nipples for £3.50, so figure I'll round down and should still have enough thread engagement with those.
Edit: no I'd have to use 4mm shorter spokes then, duh.
Polygon-
I'd risk it with 294/292.
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With sapim longer nipples don't mean shorter spokes as the nipple is not fully threaded. Are you sure this is the case with alpina. The spoke should still reach the top of the thread of any nipple. I keep 1mm increments from 288mm to 298mm in silver sapim race and from 280mm to 294mm in black Sapim force.
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So you can use DT swiss nipples in 16mm lenght which allow you to use use spokes that are 2mm shorter. The length of the nipple body does not represent the extra thread lenght. 14mm has 1mm extra thread and 16mm has 2mm extra.
On that note , I can custom cut you Sapim race and Sapim sprint in silver from blanks in 0.5mm increments:)
Bearlegged
cycleclinic
broken_777
Cyclebasket it is. Although they only come in even lengths. Rounding up 0.1 of a mm after spoke stretch wont kill me right?
Also, anyone ever stripped anodising from hubs? Got some grey low flange macks but would rather them be silver to match the spokes and nipples. Any tips?