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I have chewed up my rear wheel..time for a new one...
Hi all. I have done 7300km on my mountain bike and my rear wheel is nearly
kaput. I have begun to pull out eyelets and the wheel looses spoke tension regardless of how many times it is trued, I ride mainly on bike paths or the road and occasioanlly my bike sees some dirt trails (like those on the various old railway lines). Any suggestions on replacement wheels? I am looking at the shimano wheels with not many spokes for example, rather than the vanilla type of wheel. Good or bad choice? Regards Paul |
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I have chewed up my rear wheel..time for a new one...
Paulus Wrote: Hi all. I have done 7300km on my mountain bike and my rear wheel i nearl kaput. I have begun to pull out eyelets and the wheel looses spok tensio regardless of how many times it is trued I ride mainly on bike paths or the road and occasioanlly my bike see som dirt trails (like those on the various old railway lines). An suggestion on replacement wheels? I am looking at the shimano wheels with not man spokes for example, rather than the vanilla type of wheel. Good or ba choice Regard Paul For bashing around, it is hard to beat 32 or 36 spokes. Get an LX o higher level hub, DT/Sapim/Wheelsmith spokes and a good middleweigh rim (Mavic/Sun/Ritchey OCR/DT et c.), get a guy who has being doing i for some years to build it, and get it retensioned after 200 ks. I built correctly, should last you indefinitely, and wear the sidewall away (if using V-brakes) before it goes wonky. Barring trees, cars an dogs, of course. M "Low spoke count is for racing" -- mfhor |
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I have chewed up my rear wheel..time for a new one...
mfhor Wrote: For bashing around, it is hard to beat 32 or 36 spokes. Get an LX o higher level hub, DT/Sapim/Wheelsmith spokes and a good middleweigh rim (Mavic/Sun/Ritchey OCR/DT et c.), get a guy who has being doing i for some years to build it, and get it retensioned after 200 ks. I built correctly, should last you indefinitely, and wear the sidewall away (if using V-brakes) before it goes wonky. Barring trees, cars an dogs, of course. p.s. you may be able to re-use your hub, and possibly your spokes, bu replace the nipples if you are rebuilding the wheel. "Re-rimming" i the technical jargon, but I get images in my head of Rimmer of 'Re Dwarf' doing . . . unspeakable things . . . M "Low spoke count is for racing" H The re-rimming option is a good one if Paulus wants to have a go. Mayb the entry from the r.b.t. FAQ would help... http://draco.acs.uci.edu/rbfaq/FAQ/8c.3.html Good luck! Ritc -- ritcho |
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