Originally Posted by
SocialCow
That's the thing, I took the back wheel to a LBS to have it retensioned and trued, what I got was a reply of "for this quality wheel, there's not really much we can do to it" to which I don't know how to take if it's not worthy enough of their work or if they are actually telling me the truth, had the impression that they were doing me a favor.
Then I thought for the same ammount of money I would end up spending on two wheels, I just about could buy a worksman.
Also, I live in rural US, the closest LBS, which is the one I went to is 40 miles away, not convinient for me to go there, the LBS in which I bought the bike was a few hundred miles away from where I live.
A trailer? Would that be something really necessary? It is not a big thing we're talking about, it's a hand held blower, and it's not heavy for what it is a 24pk of pop is heavier than this blower and a lot of you seem to haul it on your bikes with no trailers.
I suspect you have a very inexpensive wheel. Learn to build your own. Use 14 gauge stainless steel spokes, double wall rims with eyelets. You can probably reuse your current hubs. Spokes are ~$18 a wheel I use Sun-Ringle CR-18 rims for most of my stuff they run less than $40 quite often in the low $30 range. Labor can run ~$20-35 a wheel if you pay to have it done. I hand built a set of wheels back in 1976 I still have those wheels and they still roll true after a loaded transcontinental tour and many, many miles of training rides. I have had "factory" wheels that were crap right out of the box, had to replace a couple under warranty and was not satisfied until I built new wheels using the original hubs.
Aaron
