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Old 06-19-22 | 05:24 PM
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Steel1
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I just finished the front wheel, but have not put on tire or ridden yet. I expect to have to fine tune again after that.

Soaked old wheel nipples overnight with LiquidWrench. That was a good call, as I think some would have been seized otherwise, and risked stripping the nipple.
Used zip ties to hold two rims together.
The anti-seize made a bit of a mess with the black rims.
I had initially only tightened each nipple 2 full rotations. But it turns out several were not really screwed on, and fell off when I was opposite side of the rim, and the spokes started flopping about. Thats where the mess with anti-sieze came about… That was my only real hickup. Next time I will do maybe 10 turns initially.
True is not perfect, but decent. A tiny bit of hop in there.
Spoke length perfect.
Took me several hours just for one wheel.
Hope I am not boring anyone with my play by play









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