Lt.Gustl
06-22-04, 04:08 PM
any cheap 27" wheels?
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I need two new sets of 27X1-1/4 wheels, one set for the '80 motobecane mirage I have been riding and another for an old lugged KHS frame I'm building up, both have 126mm rear spacing and I'd like to stick with that and a six speed freewheel, I'm thinking about changing at least on one to the shimano 13-34 megarange, but I don't know if the old hurete derailer will work as well with that as the 14-24 I have now, if it won't I'll just stick with that on the moto.
non of the hubs are very good on any of the wheels I have now and the rims are steel and I want alloy,
here I seem to have found wheels for pretty cheap
http://www.bikepartsusa.com/view.phtml?f_c=Wheel&f_c2=27+inch
wondering if anyone has ordered from them, and if this would be a good option, I'm looking to do this on the cheap since these are just for transportation and I don't need anything flashy or ultra light, I want to stay with the 27" because those tires seem to be the cheapest and are even at walmart,
I've also been thinking about building my own wheels but it would seem silly at such a low price, I also need to decide what I'm going to do with an old set of 700c sew up wheels that came with a Merckx I just got, one of the spokes on the rear is broken and I know that if I replace it the rest are going to start going in turn, maybe if they were clincher rims I'd be lazy and see if I was right but I'm not gonna peel the tire off and reglue it everytime a spoke goes so I might as well replace them all, or just replace all the spokes and get new clincher rims, since only one of the tires is worth reusing, but I was kind of thinking of riding it with tubulars, or I can get alot of spokes and rims and build up a few sets of 27" and 700c and have some spares and some practice building wheels,
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I need two new sets of 27X1-1/4 wheels, one set for the '80 motobecane mirage I have been riding and another for an old lugged KHS frame I'm building up, both have 126mm rear spacing and I'd like to stick with that and a six speed freewheel, I'm thinking about changing at least on one to the shimano 13-34 megarange, but I don't know if the old hurete derailer will work as well with that as the 14-24 I have now, if it won't I'll just stick with that on the moto.
non of the hubs are very good on any of the wheels I have now and the rims are steel and I want alloy,
here I seem to have found wheels for pretty cheap
http://www.bikepartsusa.com/view.phtml?f_c=Wheel&f_c2=27+inch
wondering if anyone has ordered from them, and if this would be a good option, I'm looking to do this on the cheap since these are just for transportation and I don't need anything flashy or ultra light, I want to stay with the 27" because those tires seem to be the cheapest and are even at walmart,
I've also been thinking about building my own wheels but it would seem silly at such a low price, I also need to decide what I'm going to do with an old set of 700c sew up wheels that came with a Merckx I just got, one of the spokes on the rear is broken and I know that if I replace it the rest are going to start going in turn, maybe if they were clincher rims I'd be lazy and see if I was right but I'm not gonna peel the tire off and reglue it everytime a spoke goes so I might as well replace them all, or just replace all the spokes and get new clincher rims, since only one of the tires is worth reusing, but I was kind of thinking of riding it with tubulars, or I can get alot of spokes and rims and build up a few sets of 27" and 700c and have some spares and some practice building wheels,
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