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Post by Seb LG on Jun 5, 2003 12:26:41 GMT 10
hehe, i knew doing it yoself is crap idea,what he said simon
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Post by Craprock on Jun 5, 2003 13:13:32 GMT 10
simon don't build it yourself unless you've built at least 10 other wheels before... you need a lot of wheel building experience to make a strong trials wheel, not just to get it straight and true but to know how to prep the spokes, the best ways of lacing etc etc...stress relieving during the build (also known as 'pinging') and how to make sure the spokes aren't twisted...and having seen your current wheel I imagine you don't care a lot for maintenance of a good build either...just get mal's to do it for 50 bucks...he'll give you a free wheel true with that as well - Joel I am still doing it myself If i have that sort of attitude i'm never going to be able to build 10 wheels so i wont learn anything. It is straight pull so the spokes aren't going to twist nearly as much as normal ones. It is straight pull so the spoke pattern is already set - the holes go in the same directions as the spokes. I know how stress relieve the wheel, grease the threads etc... If I have any problems i'm sure i can ask Rowan for advice. The reason my current wheel is in bad condition is that i've been meaning to get a new one for such a long time that i decided i dont need to touch the one i have now. The outside of the nipples were stripped before I bought the bike, and the rim was in awful shape, I used to true it all the time, but now i stopped bothering. Why would i waste 50 bucks when i can make a wheel almost as good and learn a lot from it as well. simon |
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Post by Seb LG on Jun 5, 2003 17:17:07 GMT 10
hehe, yeah , well , why waste $50 when u can waste $(how ever much the wheel cost)!....$200?¿ $300?¿ oh yeah, if u r good at truing rims maybe i can get u 2 true my front one!hehe, u can prove yourself  |
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Post by tomac on Jun 6, 2003 10:17:48 GMT 10
it's up to you of course simon...
the first wheels I built were front wheels for my XC bike, which don't really matter, and just progressed up in strength and quality...I build my own trials wheels now with no problems...just make sure that you have a good quality spoke key (park tools $20 from mals) so you don't round out the nipples
good luck !
if you have trouble rowan, mal, me or ashley can help you
- Joel
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Post by Craprock on Jun 7, 2003 7:24:40 GMT 10
yeah cool, if i ever end up getting it. i ordered the spokes about two weeks ago at mals and then last night it turned out they forgot to order them so now then can only order them on tuesday so they'd get here like the week after next which is ages.
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Post by Seb LG on Jun 7, 2003 9:19:18 GMT 10
haha, they allways do that...pathetic
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Post by Craprock on Jun 7, 2003 17:32:40 GMT 10
yeah, but i guess its not easy being organised. and still, mal adjusted is a good bike shop. as long as i get the spokes eventually i'll be happy.
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Post by Seb LG on Jun 7, 2003 17:36:52 GMT 10
well, its still povo shop, they allways take so long, they took like 3 month to even get onto one of my friends bikes and then they had 2 just give him a new one those cheapasses coz he was pissed off, and the bike was only 3 weeks old, the forks blew out!and it wasnt even his fault, they were shitted up
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