How bad is it to lace a used rim to a new hub?
05-31-13 | 09:16 AM
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How bad is it to lace a used rim to a new hub?
As you may have seen from my other post, i have grenaded a hub but have an otherwise useful (still true/round etc) rim. I'd like to reuse it and lace it to a new hub because i'm cheap and also because i will probably have trouble finding a replacement that matches what i have now.
Two LBSes have told me this is a bad idea, one saying they just wouldn't do it because i wouldn't be happy with the result and the other telling me they could, but don't recommend it.
Wheelbuilders wanna weigh in?
Two LBSes have told me this is a bad idea, one saying they just wouldn't do it because i wouldn't be happy with the result and the other telling me they could, but don't recommend it.
Wheelbuilders wanna weigh in?
05-31-13 | 09:21 AM
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IF the rim is round and straight, there is no problem with reusing it. But we are just going by your word that it is.
Truing and tensioning a bent, flat-spotted rim can be a nightmare.
Truing and tensioning a bent, flat-spotted rim can be a nightmare.
05-31-13 | 07:43 PM
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Someone asked if i was telling the truth about the trueness/roundness of my wheel. Here's a youtube clip... i have not touched the rims since december in any way but you can see it's slightly out of true. I have no truing stand so i held a pen point up to the rim so you can see the runout. What say you? (sorry for the autofocus going in and out.)
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05-31-13 | 08:07 PM
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05-31-13 | 10:09 PM
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Someone asked if i was telling the truth about the trueness/roundness of my wheel. Here's a youtube clip... i have not touched the rims since december in any way but you can see it's slightly out of true. I have no truing stand so i held a pen point up to the rim so you can see the runout. What say you? (sorry for the autofocus going in and out.)
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