Originally Posted by
BSource-Wacker
First of all, brant i assume, im sorry but blue and orange were never m favoite colors! dont get me worng i wear them with pride! just nto my colors... =)
And yea, i know i did all the little things wrong, and i really wish i would have read more and not takin this as no big deal, but really im just tickled that me wheel rolls and stays true. ha. I gotta say, knowing that the the holes are offset, i really wish i knew... probably the source of my problems with stubborn nipples? i guess i don think its a big deal because i can get my pump in on the valve stem fine! even with the long valves i happened to have!
so lessons learned...
-key spoke is more important than i thought
-brass nipples are best
-look through valve hole, see the hub name
-READ READ READ
i would relace that wheel.
Your nipples most likely aren't seated well in the eyelets, plus your key spoke is off. That is a $60 rim, no need to half ass it.
so just take it apart and relace it. it shouldn't take more than an hour to relace it, then another hour to true it, you don't even have to take the spokes out of your hub. Just make sure you get your key spoke in the right spot and go slowly.
Al nipples aren't that bad. Just keep some extras and have a good spoke wrench. They do make truing more difficult...but that is a tough rim. once you get it true it should stay true as long as you have the nipples in the correctly offset holes
