My Budget Wheel Build
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davidj
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I am keeping it simple, 3 cross, 2mm spokes and eyeleted rims. (I have compromised on 32 spokes as 36 just seemed excessive :?) - apparently all needed for a disc brake if you want a reliable wheel (according to the internet). Plus DB spokes cost a whole lot more.... and I am no light weight either...
I am keeping it simple, 3 cross, 2mm spokes and eyeleted rims. (I have compromised on 32 spokes as 36 just seemed excessive :?) - apparently all needed for a disc brake if you want a reliable wheel (according to the internet). Plus DB spokes cost a whole lot more.... and I am no light weight either...
Excellent post and i'm certainly going to give this a go next year sometime after i've made a stand although tbh it does seem a bit daunting but obviously well worth learning and from what i can understand it's harder to true a badly buckled wheel then it is to build one ..
davidj
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The weather here is rubbish so all outside activity is off, at least this gave me the excuse to complete my rear wheel. I needed another improvised truing stand due to the extra width of the rear axle..
Again I was astonished to see that the dishing I set by eye was within 2mm. I am now at the point where both wheels appear to be ready for use, I will allow them to rest till the weekend when I will do one more stress relieve on them and check for true. From there it will be on the bike and a tarmac road test, if all looks good I will leave them on for 20/30 miles before mounting them back in my truing stands to check.
That leaves me today passing time waiting for the rain to stop, so I started putting together the new front end for Coyote Ugly
The weather here is rubbish so all outside activity is off, at least this gave me the excuse to complete my rear wheel. I needed another improvised truing stand due to the extra width of the rear axle..
Again I was astonished to see that the dishing I set by eye was within 2mm. I am now at the point where both wheels appear to be ready for use, I will allow them to rest till the weekend when I will do one more stress relieve on them and check for true. From there it will be on the bike and a tarmac road test, if all looks good I will leave them on for 20/30 miles before mounting them back in my truing stands to check.
That leaves me today passing time waiting for the rain to stop, so I started putting together the new front end for Coyote Ugly
davidj
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Looks like this thread is to end much sooner than I thought, today I had the opportunity to rebuild the front end of Coyote Ugly. New Speeddial7 levers, lock on grips, I went back to the flat bars as the riser bars I bought on here just don't do it for me, new Rockshox 30 Gold forks and a BB7 disc caliper with HS1 rotor along with the new front wheel I built .
Test ride round the block revealed no noticeable flexing of the wheel, and the only "ping" I heard was as I rode it off the first high kerb I could find.
Back home I fitted the rear wheel I built and again went for a test ride round the block, only difference was this time there was no "Ping".
As stated previously, I will give them 20 - 30 miles and then recheck tension & true. For now I declare my "Winter Project" a success. Oh yes I now need more components to build another pair of wheels due to my "Winter Project" becoming a "Wet August Project".... :roll:
Looks like this thread is to end much sooner than I thought, today I had the opportunity to rebuild the front end of Coyote Ugly. New Speeddial7 levers, lock on grips, I went back to the flat bars as the riser bars I bought on here just don't do it for me, new Rockshox 30 Gold forks and a BB7 disc caliper with HS1 rotor along with the new front wheel I built
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Test ride round the block revealed no noticeable flexing of the wheel, and the only "ping" I heard was as I rode it off the first high kerb I could find.
Back home I fitted the rear wheel I built and again went for a test ride round the block, only difference was this time there was no "Ping".
As stated previously, I will give them 20 - 30 miles and then recheck tension & true. For now I declare my "Winter Project" a success. Oh yes I now need more components to build another pair of wheels due to my "Winter Project" becoming a "Wet August Project".... :roll:
davidj
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Today I discovered the difference between professionally built wheels and my home built wheels. I thought the back end felt a little loose and put it down to low tyre pressure, but it wasn't. I guess the nipples had set into their seats, the spoke elbows had settled into the hub and the spokes themselves had stretched., or I didn't tension them high enough .
Whatever the drive side spokes in the rear wheel had lost the tension I had originally set. Best bit is when you have built the wheel re-tensioning is so easy. Whipped the tyre and rim tape off, put a 1/8th turn on every spoke and then corrected alignment, back on the bike and it took less than 20 minutes.
I am so ready to build my next set of wheels .
Today I discovered the difference between professionally built wheels and my home built wheels. I thought the back end felt a little loose and put it down to low tyre pressure, but it wasn't. I guess the nipples had set into their seats, the spoke elbows had settled into the hub and the spokes themselves had stretched., or I didn't tension them high enough
.Whatever the drive side spokes in the rear wheel had lost the tension I had originally set. Best bit is when you have built the wheel re-tensioning is so easy. Whipped the tyre and rim tape off, put a 1/8th turn on every spoke and then corrected alignment, back on the bike and it took less than 20 minutes.
I am so ready to build my next set of wheels
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