Mountain Biking - Is the wheel worth $20

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MrCjolsen
12-22-05, 07:56 AM
It's a used Alex DH19 on a nameless rear cassette hub.

It is straight, round and true.

It will replace the mostly round, hard to keep true, single-wall Sun rim that came stock on a 1998 Cannondale F500.

The bike shop that has it can't remember where it came from.

They said I can have it for $20.

And the bike in question is my wet-weather commuter bike that I take off road about once a year.

LowCel
12-22-05, 08:04 AM
Sounds like a good deal if you aren't worried about weight. I could be wrong (I was once a few years ago, still bothers me) but I believe that the DH on the rim means that it is a downhill rim which would mean it is extremely durable but on the heavy side. This could be a good thing for a commuter bike.
ponchotempest
12-22-05, 03:25 PM
I have a set of alex dm18's that i picked up for $99 or something. There actually quite strong. Then again, ive givin up on trying to keep weight down on that bike.

$20 is fair for any straight double walled rim, no?

MrCjolsen
12-22-05, 04:59 PM
I just finished putting them on. Now I want to take the old hub and build a wheel with it.
koine2002
12-22-05, 09:14 PM
I just finished putting them on. Now I want to take the old hub and build a wheel with it.

That's one of my favorite things to do with spare hubs. I've got 4 spares at the moment: a 32H threadon, a 32H Deore freehub (very heavily scarred though), a 36H threadon and a 36H Shimano RM-40 freehub. I'm looking for deals on rims. With one of them, probably the RM-40, I'm going to respace my Bridgestone and build up a SS rear wheel for it. All that to say--do it. I may sell the threadons as part of a spare parts lot on e-bay (not trying to sell them here).