Originally Posted by
jonTu
I'm inclined to replace the spokes as well, especially the Revolutions. But taping the rims together sounds like a really smart technique for replacing a rim. I've never thought to do that before, thanks for the tip!
This technique has been around for a very long time and I use it fairly often when I am doing a simple rim replacement on wheels with no other issues.
I just rebuilt the wheel for my 1948 Rudge and did a full rebuild as I was using a different 635 rim than the original (Canadian vs English sizing) and because of that went to a four cross / 40 instead of the 3 cross it had been re-laced to at some point in it's working life.
(The wheel would have most likely been laced 40/4 back in 1948).
It looks really great on the bike.