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05-02-22, 12:24 PM
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wheel question
I have this wheel set that I want to use on a build.
One wheel needs to be trued but for the life of me I don't know how to proceed.
I have never seen this type before. How do you remove a spoke from this wheel and how adjust?
One wheel needs to be trued but for the life of me I don't know how to proceed.
I have never seen this type before. How do you remove a spoke from this wheel and how adjust?
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remove the inner exposed wheel/rim strip. Then it should be self explanatory from there.
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Looks like it has nipples that just need unscrewing? (The wheel, not the dead body in the photo) and the spoke just pulls straight out of the hub.
EDIT: Just found this manual explaining truing for these wheels. TRICON Technical Manual_EN.book (dtswiss.com) Note that some of the Tricons have glued nipples that need to be heated before trying to turn. Fun.
EDIT: Just found this manual explaining truing for these wheels. TRICON Technical Manual_EN.book (dtswiss.com) Note that some of the Tricons have glued nipples that need to be heated before trying to turn. Fun.
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I think we need more info on the gold prone young lady.
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Note that there are no holes in the well of the rim for access to the spoke nipples. I've been told that the nipples are placed in through the valve stem hole and the you use a magnet to move each nipple to a spoke position. That makes a good airtight rim for a tubeless tire but a PIA for the wheelbuilder.
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Note that there are no holes in the well of the rim for access to the spoke nipples. I've been told that the nipples are placed in through the valve stem hole and the you use a magnet to move each nipple to a spoke position. That makes a good airtight rim for a tubeless tire but a PIA for the wheelbuilder.
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Note that there are no holes in the well of the rim for access to the spoke nipples. I've been told that the nipples are placed in through the valve stem hole and the you use a magnet to move each nipple to a spoke position. That makes a good airtight rim for a tubeless tire but a PIA for the wheelbuilder.
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These rims sound like a real PITA.
I will look at the instructions and see if I have the skills to true the wheel.
The deceased is Lola, one of my Burning Man "companions" From Cap'n Jonny's Outer Rim Tea Room.
The last few years were not kind to her and during a Spring storm she finally met her fate.
There was some crime scene tape but it blew away .
We are planning a service this summer..
I will look at the instructions and see if I have the skills to true the wheel.
The deceased is Lola, one of my Burning Man "companions" From Cap'n Jonny's Outer Rim Tea Room.
The last few years were not kind to her and during a Spring storm she finally met her fate.
There was some crime scene tape but it blew away .
We are planning a service this summer..
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Note that there are no holes in the well of the rim for access to the spoke nipples. I've been told that the nipples are placed in through the valve stem hole and the you use a magnet to move each nipple to a spoke position. That makes a good airtight rim for a tubeless tire but a PIA for the wheelbuilder.
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I don't know about these spoke nipples, but Campagnolo includes a small steel "spoke" that you screw into the nipple with their Shamal wheels so that you can use a magnet(also included) to fish a nipple through the rim when you replace a spoke
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I looked up the instructions for working on these wheels. What a crock. Give me an old school rim where I can easily true or replace spokes. These wheels seem to me to be just another example of mfgs. making things that no one except a high priced shop can work on. They may be trick but for us at the bike exchange, aren't worth the trouble. I am taking them back today and maybe we can sell them on E bay to some unsuspecting Rube who thinks that if your bike isn't made of carbon and has solar powered electronic everything on it it isn't worthy of sitting their privileged Butt on.
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I looked up the instructions for working on these wheels. What a crock. Give me an old school rim where I can easily true or replace spokes. These wheels seem to me to be just another example of mfgs. making things that no one except a high priced shop can work on. They may be trick but for us at the bike exchange, aren't worth the trouble. I am taking them back today and maybe we can sell them on E bay to some unsuspecting Rube who thinks that if your bike isn't made of carbon and has solar powered electronic everything on it it isn't worthy of sitting their privileged Butt on.
Steel is real.
Apologies to any unprivileged butts out there
Steel is real.
Apologies to any unprivileged butts out there
