On May 7, 11:24 am, jim <skijor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 7, 9:45 am, landotter <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On May 7, 8:26 am, jim <skijor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 7, 8:30 am, landotter <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > On May 6, 4:39 pm, "joseph.santanie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > <joseph.santanie...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter <landot...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > On May 6, 7:22 am, jim <skijor...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > > > Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience
with their
> > > > > > > custom wheels, good or bad?
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> > > > > > If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking
tension--
> > > > > > I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40
labor per
> > > > > > wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very
normal
> > > > > > combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to
just get
> > > > > > a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's
instructions--takes
> > > > > > all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something
hand
> > > > > > built.
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> > > > > It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!
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> > > > I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
> > > > meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
> > > > riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add
stability
> > > > and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step
until
> > > > you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and
rim
> > > > combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.
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> > > > I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels
in
> > > > the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's
bike
> > > > with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
> > > > assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
> > > > sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out
of
> > > > the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine
$40
> > > > top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she re****ted, "it had
been
> > > > utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what
ya
> > > > bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty
fun
> > > > bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*- Hide quoted
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> > > Yeah, my current rear wheel is a 36hole Deore hub on a 700C CR-18.
> > > I'm looking for something similar and none of the
nashbar/performance/
> > > jenson offer those sorts of wheels. I have 5 years on this wheel,
and
> > > the side of the rim is looking kind of grim after all the
braking...I
> > > guess Performance has a decent 32 hole wheel with the CD coating. I
> > > could practice up on that one...
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> > Tape a new rim on top of the old one. Transfer the spokes one by one
> > with an electric driver from the back, snug and true with a spoke
> > wrench. Tip: don't tighten the spokes too much first thing with the
> > electric screwdriver first, leave a couple threads showing.
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> Well, I have repacked the hub a couple times and discovered that the
> races are scored/pitted. So, it's time to start over I think. It still
> rolls fine, just not new-like.
How are the cups? Cones are cheap, $3 each for Deores. If the scoring
is an even wear line, then fresh bearings, cups, and rims, and you're
good to go for under $40. Alternately, you can get a Deore/Sun wheel
from QBP for $75, but it will be 32 spoke.
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