Bought a wheel with the sticker orientation backwards, what to do?
02-01-12, 10:01 AM
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The wheels on my tourer are the first full set that I built and I put the label on the wrong side. Since then, every wheel has the label so that it can be read from the right side and looking through the valve hole in the rim you can see the name on the hub. That's CDO.
02-01-12, 10:08 AM
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02-01-12, 04:41 PM
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At least for your colleague, the wife left him. I know a guy who's wife eggs him on. She takes the heat guy when he's at work and purposely reverses labels, and goes into the pantry and turns the can labels and messes up the stock rotation cycle! She calls it therapy! LOL!
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Good grief, why was this thread resurrected? Let it die a peaceful death!
02-01-12, 05:06 PM
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02-01-12, 05:49 PM
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Just last night I was re-building a wheel for which 1/2 the rim label was toast. Neatly tore off the half...smoothed out and re-glued the good 1/2.
Should I do the same for the front?
=8-)
Should I do the same for the front?
=8-)
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02-01-12, 08:06 PM
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02-02-12, 05:48 AM
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All right, I will admit it. My wheels on my three bikes all follow theformat outlined by the OP. The labels all face the correct way and the hub markingsare visible through the valve hole. The difference is that they are this waybecause I built them like this. I understood this to be the standard and saw notrouble in making this a part of the builds. If I had "bought the wheelsfor a really good price", I would expect functionally correct wheels thatmight even need to be checked for spoke tension. To expect perfection in anydegree while paying bargain prices is a recipe for disappointment.
This thread is quite entertaining though and I'm all too happy to contributemy small amount towards the next page while boosting my count.
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02-02-12, 12:12 PM
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02-02-12, 12:27 PM
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Just watched that video...ROFL!
Being half deaf, I constantly repeat things just to be clear...
My son, thinking I'm not listening does the same...
...and then my wife who feels the need to nag...
Being half deaf, I constantly repeat things just to be clear...
My son, thinking I'm not listening does the same...
...and then my wife who feels the need to nag...
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Disclaimer:
1. I do not claim to be an expert in bicycle mechanics despite my experience.
2. I like anyone will comment in other areas.
3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
4. I will provide information as I always have to others that I believe will help them protect themselves from unscrupulous mechanics.
5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
5000+ wheels built since 1984...
Disclaimer:
1. I do not claim to be an expert in bicycle mechanics despite my experience.
2. I like anyone will comment in other areas.
3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
4. I will provide information as I always have to others that I believe will help them protect themselves from unscrupulous mechanics.
5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
02-02-12, 02:43 PM
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late to the party, didnt bother with the other 10 pages,..
I'd only do something if it was laced wrong.. the spoke offset in the rim
angled away from the flange the spoke going into it is coming from.
I'd only do something if it was laced wrong.. the spoke offset in the rim
angled away from the flange the spoke going into it is coming from.
02-02-12, 04:00 PM
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I find it ironic that you're complaining about the sticker orientation, and not saying a word about the non-symmetrical lacing pattern. Outside pulling on the driveside, inside pulling on the non-driveside... now THAT would bug me. Heh, and extra-long spoke nipples too. The sticker? I'd just heat it up, unstick it, and rotate it 180° if it mattered to me.
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The reason you can see the sticker through the valve hole is because the sticker is used to hide the rim joint. The valve hole is opposite the joint so that the valve stem will help balance the wheel, the joint is usually the heavy side.
02-02-12, 05:56 PM
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It is the hub label that is being seen through the valve hole.
02-02-12, 09:59 PM
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Which way are the labels?
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02-03-12, 07:28 AM
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I'm glad no one has posted to this thread for 9.5 hours. Now maybe it will fade into obscurity.
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02-03-12, 09:05 AM
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You think that's bad? I got distracted while walking from the parking lot to my office this morning and lost count of my steps. For a few seconds, I was like fossil Dick Clark trying to do the new years countdown. I suppose I could go out at lunch and do a recount. But it wouldn't be the same.
Guys, amirite?
02-03-12, 01:40 PM
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Michael, I wasn't there when he said it, but it's attributed to him by many fairly reliable sources. OTOH, this could also be urban myth, and I lack the time or inclination to research it either way. A friend in the military heard it from his seargent while in basic basic training way back during the Vietnam war era, so it dates back at least to the sixties.
Whether Einstein said or not, I find it practical reminder at times.
Whether Einstein said or not, I find it practical reminder at times.
