Nice wheelset....right?
07-03-12 | 05:45 AM
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I would use a small jewelers file and some steel wool to smooth the sharp edges and not give it a second thought. I have a similar set of wheels, same hubs but with G-40 clinchers, nice.
07-03-12 | 08:30 AM
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I don't know, but I'm with you either way.
07-03-12 | 08:42 AM
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I try not to ride with mis-matched inner tubes so it's safe to assume it'll irritate me to ride with mis-matched spokes.
This goes back to the 'drive heads in, drive heads out' theory of wheel lacing. Built the way these wheels are all the outside spokes tend to suck in the RD.
This goes back to the 'drive heads in, drive heads out' theory of wheel lacing. Built the way these wheels are all the outside spokes tend to suck in the RD.
07-03-12 | 09:17 AM
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YES! I have 501's with GL330 and love them.
07-03-12 | 11:26 AM
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Nice wheelset, and justified in your frustration in finding such spoke damage. I have one set like this, and in the camp with 4RingStars. I'd still ride it if need be. But endeavor to replace those spokes some time. I bet you can still find the proper Wheelsmith spokes to match them up. Maybe relace them properly with the pull spoke heads in.
Funny about dork discs....like condoms, nobody really wants to put them on, but they do what they are intended to do when you need them to.
Funny about dork discs....like condoms, nobody really wants to put them on, but they do what they are intended to do when you need them to.
07-03-12 | 01:05 PM
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Nice wheelset, and justified in your frustration in finding such spoke damage. I have one set like this, and in the camp with 4RingStars. I'd still ride it if need be. But endeavor to replace those spokes some time. I bet you can still find the proper Wheelsmith spokes to match them up. Maybe relace them properly with the pull spoke heads in.
Funny about dork discs....like condoms, nobody really wants to put them on, but they do what they are intended to do when you need them to.
Funny about dork discs....like condoms, nobody really wants to put them on, but they do what they are intended to do when you need them to.
07-06-12 | 12:05 AM
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Oddly enough, if your dork disc is big enough, it stops being dorky.
Campagnolo Disc Wheel by Mon Jaque, on Flickr
Campagnolo Disc Wheel by Mon Jaque, on Flickr
07-06-12 | 12:32 AM
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I have seen worse and would be more concerned if the scoring was in the non butted section of the spokes as then you would not be passing GO until you replaced the damaged spokes as the narrower section of the spoke cannot withstand the same abuse as the butted section and it might take 1000 miles or 100 before they started breaking.
One of the reasons we build a number of touring wheels with high quality straight gauge spokes or higher gauge butted spokes is because they can survive damage like this better than lightweight butted spokes.
As a matter of practice, I'd replace the damaged spokes with ones of equal quality and same maker as this does introduce a point of weakness and potential failure at some point.
One of the reasons we build a number of touring wheels with high quality straight gauge spokes or higher gauge butted spokes is because they can survive damage like this better than lightweight butted spokes.
As a matter of practice, I'd replace the damaged spokes with ones of equal quality and same maker as this does introduce a point of weakness and potential failure at some point.
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