Offset MTB Rims for zero dish wheel build

[hungfromhooks]

does anyone have experience with a zero dish wheel build on a unicycle?
was having a discussion with a mountian biker friend of mine tday about
his new zero dish rims and how the wheel allignment is so much more
sentered on his frame.

are these rims compatable with unicycle hubs? and are there any non
cottered uni hubs that can be laced onto a 32 hole hub?

he swears up and down the zero dish wheel is stronger and truer then
anything he has ridden on in the past and has been trying to convince me
to attempt a wheel re build with one of these off set hoops.


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[Mojoe]

Unicycle wheels are already zero dish.

Mojoe


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[Sofa]

zero dish allows for the rim to be centred in the rear, even though one
side has the casette on the back for the rings.

Some bikes' rim is off centre, to allow for the spacing needed.

(or something like that)

Mojoe is correct


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[hungfromhooks]

so there is no obvios advantage to using such a rim for a unicycle... i
assumed this was correct but needed some expert advice to back up the
argument.

no advantage to using said rim or is ist detrimental using an offset MTB
rim on a unicycle.


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[maroastedpeanuts]

Zero dish is great for MTB rear wheels, but makes absolutely no sense
for unicycles. The drilling on those rims differs from standard rims to
compensate for the fact that the rim is not centered directly between
the flanges (like on a front wheel and your uni wheel). Look at you uni
wheel and notice the nice even angles the spokes make from the flanges
to the rim ^ now look at a rear wheel on an mtb…the spokes on
the drive-side form a much steeper (and thus weaker angle) then the non
drive side. The offset drilling attempts to alleviate this (as much as
you reasonably can). So, tell you friend to **** off!!! Just kidding.
See why a standard rim is the best way to go on a uni?


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[Sofa]

But I bet you could just over tension some of the spokes to alleviate
this, and not be able to tell a differnece.

Perhaps if you already had a used, true, offset rim lying around.

It wouldn't be ideal, but I bet it would work just fine


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