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Old 06-03-21 | 08:31 AM
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MTBroadcyclist
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Thanks for the advice.I think what I should have mentioned was my interpretation of cheap is under $100. Which brought me to view these:

https://www.jasmotiwala.com/bucklos-...s-p-201970.htm

https://www.jasmotiwala.com/rxr-700c...r-p-202268.htm

But after considering that they are less than 36H, that I have no experience with sealed bearing wheels (I would imagine they would cost more to maintain than the ease of ball bearings I already have and the hundreds of ball bearings I have available) and that they would require special knowledge to find a solid axle I reconsidered to have ordered one through my nearest shop to use for my project just for the ease/cost of its maintenance. Last year when I was 205 I had no problems but this year has been terrible for having to replace spokes which after Canacol's response I will blame on the weird wows in the road caused by the road settling into the underground marsh and of the railroad tracks I zoom over. The spokes keep breaking at the J bend of the spoke. I think maybe once a spoke has broken elsewhere, its middle region on an average of 1 spoke/week when I was doing 60km /day for 2 months. Right now I am just "resting" ha ha, because I need to catch up with real life stuff.

Not keen on building one from scratch, although I do have extra shimano hubs but can't find a place to purchase a rim that is at the price I am looking for; like lower than a wheel already put together. Because I am not confident on having to calculate the spoke length if I can just buy one that is already laced and thus easy to measure using my Park Tool ruler to just order the thicker gauge spokes I prefer a wheel already assembled. Not saying that their isn't enough YouTube videos out there explaining how to calculate but I am not looking to get that much into it if I can avoid.

Again thanks all, I think the main contributing factor is of this pandemic and the shortage of parts it has caused as the reason I am having difficulties finding a wheel in my budget. Luckily I found one in my second call out for help to local stores. For the $90 (after tax) that a shop hours away has in stock I'd rather just use that as my blank to make a frank-n-wheel. And that decision is after spending 6 hours throughout last night searching through a variety of sites, and much research and posted opinions online expressing how beneficial it is not for someone to buy a wheel with a hub requiring sealed bearings (mostly economical because of the amounts I ride at times). Sadly this looks to be a case of it being cheaper to buy at the store than having to order online; mostly because of my time to find online which I couldn't find cheaper than the $20 on gas it will take me to get to that store to curbside pickup.
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