How much flex in your wheels?
11-07-15, 01:21 PM
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Well, the rear rim is now cracked. Because this...
I freely admit that I'm dumb, and tend not to really learn my lesson until something goes wrong. Though you could argue that that's a surefire way of making sure you really do learn your lesson.
This spring I was labouring up climbs. It felt like the tire was flat, or the rear rim was rubbing against the brake pads, but of course the real culprit was the donuts I ate during the winter. But I stupidly set about tightening up the spokes on a factory-built wheelset without using a spoke tensiometer or having much expertise about spoke tension at all. I went by feel, squeezing the spokes with my hand and deciding arbitrarily that they weren't tight enough.
I've returned to this thread to post this so that it serves as a public service announcement, and as a humble act of contrition. I didn't know what the heck I was talking about, and have now received my comeuppance.
So, anyone got a Scirocco rear rim they want to sell me?
There's nothing silly or experimental about it. As a heavier rider, I'm having problems with brake rubbing going up hills with a new wheelset, and I'm trying to increase the spoke tension to prevent that from happening. But I'm not sure whether being able to manually pull a rim to the brake pads necessarily means that the rim will flex by that much when under load going up hills.
I forgot about this thread.
The outcome of this line of inquiry is that it was a motor problem. While I tightened up the spokes on the new (to me) wheelset and increased the spacing on the brakes, both of which needed doing, the real culprit, I think, was that I hadn't gotten over the early season hump yet.
Having put in a good solid two weeks of consistent riding since I started this thread, I'm more in the swing of things, and the hills have gotten easier. It doesn't feel like the wheels are rubbing against the brakes anymore (I don't think they ever actually were), and the wheelset itself feels terrific.
The outcome of this line of inquiry is that it was a motor problem. While I tightened up the spokes on the new (to me) wheelset and increased the spacing on the brakes, both of which needed doing, the real culprit, I think, was that I hadn't gotten over the early season hump yet.
Having put in a good solid two weeks of consistent riding since I started this thread, I'm more in the swing of things, and the hills have gotten easier. It doesn't feel like the wheels are rubbing against the brakes anymore (I don't think they ever actually were), and the wheelset itself feels terrific.
This spring I was labouring up climbs. It felt like the tire was flat, or the rear rim was rubbing against the brake pads, but of course the real culprit was the donuts I ate during the winter. But I stupidly set about tightening up the spokes on a factory-built wheelset without using a spoke tensiometer or having much expertise about spoke tension at all. I went by feel, squeezing the spokes with my hand and deciding arbitrarily that they weren't tight enough.
I've returned to this thread to post this so that it serves as a public service announcement, and as a humble act of contrition. I didn't know what the heck I was talking about, and have now received my comeuppance.
So, anyone got a Scirocco rear rim they want to sell me?
11-07-15, 03:03 PM
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I'm not sure what year your's are, but these are pretty affordable.
Campagnolo Khamsin Wheelset Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Whoops, wrong wheelset.
Campagnolo Khamsin Wheelset Sports & Leisure | ProBikeKit.com
Whoops, wrong wheelset.
