Hi all,

Asking those that have one, are the Yuba rear wheels with 14mm axles dished or not? The specs say O.L.D. of 135mm which implies the wheel is dished.

Here is the link to the Yuba store: https://yubaride.com/yubashop/32-carg...cle-wheel.html

Also (and this is a more advanced question), if the wheel is dished, do the spokes look matched enough to remove the dishing?

Thanks in advance.

:)ensen.

Email them. They will most likely answer you in 24 hours.

I agree, email them. They have answered my queries in the past quite promptly.

Based on my older 7 speed 135mm OLD rear wheel on a Univega there is some dish required but it is quite minimal compared to most 8, 9 or 10 speed 130mm OLD road wheels. With the use of a hub with narrow enough flange spacing distance a dishless 7 speed rear wheel could be built but it looks to me like the flange spacing would be a bit narrow for the best wheel strength.

To follow up, Yuba confirmed by email that the wheel is dished. Of course, I had to explain when they wanted to know why I wanted to remove the dish. They still haven't answered the relevant question, which is whether or not the spoke lengths will allow me to undish the wheel and that makes it appear as if I'm going to have to go with a custom wheel build.

That is why I asked here. The people answering technical questions for companies tend not to know or cannot give out the answers to out-of-the-box questions.

Thanks again for the advice everyone.

:)ensen.

If you have the wheel already give it a try. With a wheel dish of 1/2" or so it is quite possible that you may not need to replace the spokes. The only way to be sure is to try it.

I agree thought that company tech support is usually poor for questions that are out of the ordinary.

I generally don't buy things to experiment without having a reasonable chance of success, so no... I don't have the wheel.

As for the amount of dish, it's typical for rear wheels to have nearly vertical drive spokes. With only a 2" wide hub and roughly 10" drive spokes, the left side spokes will be at nearly 10-1/2 inches. Bringing the rim back to center would move the spoke threads about 1/4" and that probably means the drive spokes aren't long enough and the left side spokes will poke into the tube.

The next thing will be to figure out where to get an inexpensive 48-hole rim.

:)ensen.

Yuba sells all their parts, so why not just order their rim? It seems to be remarkably cheap, even allowing for the pounds to dollars conversion.

Since I still have to get the spokes, I'll just patronize the LBS. Also, it appears that Yuba USA does not sell the rim and I loath to have a rim shipped from Europe that first originated in Asia.

:)ensen.