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I am rebuilding a bike rim and i cant figure out how to work the triple spoke pattern on the rear tire. any advise. |
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On May 1, 7:13 pm, wrote:
I am rebuilding a bike rim and i cant figure out how to work the triple spoke pattern on the rear tire. any advise. Around here, we consult the guru: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html If that doesn't answer your questions, nothing will. Jeff |
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On May 1, 11:34 pm, JeffWills wrote:
On May 1, 7:13 pm, wrote: I am rebuilding a bike rim and i cant figure out how to work the triple spoke pattern on the rear tire. any advise. Around here, we consult the guru:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html If that doesn't answer your questions, nothing will. Good stuff. I've used that guide to walk me through lacing up a few wheels, as I always forget how to do a basic 3X by the time I need to build another. The best advice he gives is how to modify a philips driver bit to fit the spoke nipple by almost grinding off two of the nubs. Lacing's not the hard part, it's simple and methodical. Hard part is properly bringing the wheel up to tension while keeping it true and round. |
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On 2 May 2007 09:34:49 -0700, landotter wrote:
On May 1, 11:34 pm, JeffWills wrote: On May 1, 7:13 pm, wrote: I am rebuilding a bike rim and i cant figure out how to work the triple spoke pattern on the rear tire. any advise. Around here, we consult the guru:http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html If that doesn't answer your questions, nothing will. Good stuff. I've used that guide to walk me through lacing up a few wheels, as I always forget how to do a basic 3X by the time I need to build another. The best advice he gives is how to modify a philips driver bit to fit the spoke nipple by almost grinding off two of the nubs. Lacing's not the hard part, it's simple and methodical. Hard part is properly bringing the wheel up to tension while keeping it true and round. Peter Chisolm (wheel builder guru) says that it is important to get that wheel round -=BEFORE=- you start truing the side to side trueness of that wheel. I find that works real well for me. Also the Park Tool Spoke Tension Guage is a nice little investment to make sure the tension is equal. |
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On the Fritz writes:
I am rebuilding a bike rim and i cant figure out how to work the triple spoke pattern on the rear tire. any advise. Around here, we consult the guru: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html If that doesn't answer your questions, nothing will. Well, that may be a bit absolute. There are other sources for this information that go into more detail than one would like to put on a web site. That is an advantage of having it in hard copy in hand so that you can skip what you don't need. Good stuff. I've used that guide to walk me through lacing up a few wheels, as I always forget how to do a basic 3X by the time I need to build another. The best advice he gives is how to modify a Phillips driver bit to fit the spoke nipple by almost grinding off two of the nubs. Get a nipple-driver by all means: http://www.sapim.be/index.php?st=products&sub=racetools Lacing's not the hard part, it's simple and methodical. Hard part is properly bringing the wheel up to tension while keeping it true and round. In "the Bicycle Wheel" all cross patterns are arrived upon from the same starting point. The cross pattern is decided when the outbound spokes are connected to the rim, so there is no memorizing a routine and no special lacing method. Peter Chisholm (wheel builder guru) says that it is important to get that wheel round -=BEFORE=- you start truing the side to side trueness of that wheel. I find that works real well for me. Also the Park Tool Spoke Tension Gauge is a nice little investment to make sure the tension is equal. I'm definitely for that approach. A tensiometer only helps if you know what tension is appropriate. For those who are not tone deaf, plucking spokes to see who is too loose or too tight is foolproof for truing. Jobst Brandt |
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