Originally Posted by
fullergarrett
Hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question - but what is a tandem wheel, and what's the difference between it and the $45 wheel cyccommute linked? With the Velocity rim, would I be able to use the 7-speed cassette in cyccommute's response?
I have 26x2.0 tires on this bike, and I'm not sure how much wider I can go. Since I have to buy a new rear tire (hole in the sidewall), would it be a good idea to bump it up to a slightly wider tire? Though the widest 26" Schwalbe Marathon is 26x2.0 - which is what I have now.
2.0 is fine, there's a current trend towards wider is better but a 2" tire is as wide as most people need for recreational riding, anything else will slow you down.
To simplify your shopping get the wheel that oneder linked to, it is the one to go with for the money and value. It is only 129.00 which is a bargain price on a rim that started as a heavy duty/DH rim, it has the right number of spokes and the deore hub is the trekking model. Not the best of the line but a sturdy, dependable long lasting hub designed for a loaded bike. It's also a quality wheel, don't know if its still true but when I worked in a shop they did all their wheels by machine to begin with then each wheel was stressed and brought to final tension by hand so not just a basic cheap machine build.
7sp spacer
https://www.modernbike.com/problem-s...d-alloy-spacer
Don't know your exact gearing but here's a 12-32 cassette, you can check your current and match it but I suspect its a mega range which can be 32 0r 34
https://www.modernbike.com/shimano-c...2-32t-cassette
You could probably call in the order and ask them to install the cassette and spacer so it arrives at your door ready to install. With luck you won't even need to tweak the der. Which means your looking at about 150 shipped so under your 200 preference.
Originally Posted by
Oneder
Agree fully on both of these. This is an easy task for a decent shop who will spend more time finding you the wheel then they will installing it.