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Old 12-27-09 | 09:47 AM
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Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

Maybe.

The issue with spokes is that, if you are replacing the hub and rim, the spokes will probably be the wrong length. That said, I'll reuse spokes for rebuilding a personal wheel but not a customer wheel. I have to charge the customer for cleaning up the old spokes so the cost factor is diminished and I have to guarantee the customer wheel so I don't want to use "iffy" parts.

Pre-riden hubs and rims are a judgement matter. How worn is worn? Building a wheel is a fair amount of work so starting with a rim that's not round and true to begin with or one that has the a worn brake track is, to me, a poor economy. The conventional wisdom is that used hubs should be laced as they were previously. I've violated that rule with good results, but I cleaned up the spoke divots with a Dremel forst.
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