How to ruin a perfectly good rim
10-22-20, 09:48 AM
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How to ruin a perfectly good rim
I know this might be better suited in Mechanics, but here it is.
Long story short, I finally got the opportunity to tape a rim to the wheel with the popped spoke, and move the spokes over one at a time. The first was laced incorrectly, with the valve coming up inside the four pack, instead of between four packs. So I figured I'd just rotate things until it was lined up correctly on the new rim. Long story short. It turns out the original wheel doesn't even have four packs; it has fives and threes. Worse yet is the realization that I was the builder of said wheel. I noted to myself, as I began loosening the spokes all around, that they seemed exceedingly tight.....
Edit: Only one five and one three; the rest are fours. In any case, its a full re-lace.
Long story short, I finally got the opportunity to tape a rim to the wheel with the popped spoke, and move the spokes over one at a time. The first was laced incorrectly, with the valve coming up inside the four pack, instead of between four packs. So I figured I'd just rotate things until it was lined up correctly on the new rim. Long story short. It turns out the original wheel doesn't even have four packs; it has fives and threes. Worse yet is the realization that I was the builder of said wheel. I noted to myself, as I began loosening the spokes all around, that they seemed exceedingly tight.....
Edit: Only one five and one three; the rest are fours. In any case, its a full re-lace.
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10-22-20, 02:24 PM
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I know this might be better suited in Mechanics, but here it is.
Long story short, I finally got the opportunity to tape a rim to the wheel with the popped spoke, and move the spokes over one at a time. The first was laced incorrectly, with the valve coming up inside the four pack, instead of between four packs. So I figured I'd just rotate things until it was lined up correctly on the new rim. Long story short. It turns out the original wheel doesn't even have four packs; it has fives and threes. Worse yet is the realization that I was the builder of said wheel. I noted to myself, as I began loosening the spokes all around, that they seemed exceedingly tight.....
Edit: Only one five and one three; the rest are fours. In any case, its a full re-lace.
Long story short, I finally got the opportunity to tape a rim to the wheel with the popped spoke, and move the spokes over one at a time. The first was laced incorrectly, with the valve coming up inside the four pack, instead of between four packs. So I figured I'd just rotate things until it was lined up correctly on the new rim. Long story short. It turns out the original wheel doesn't even have four packs; it has fives and threes. Worse yet is the realization that I was the builder of said wheel. I noted to myself, as I began loosening the spokes all around, that they seemed exceedingly tight.....
Edit: Only one five and one three; the rest are fours. In any case, its a full re-lace.
I've caught myself building a wheel wrong with spokes going everywhere, but never completed such a build.
10-22-20, 02:48 PM
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I hate when that happens. You get yourself all worked up with scorn for somebody's idiocy and then you figure out who it was that planted this torment for you. More times than I care to think about.
I've had this happen at work too. "The problem is happening because of this piece of code here. Let me look through the revision history and see if the fool who wrote that code provided any clue as to what they were thinking..." *Looks through revision history* "Oh...."
I've had this happen at work too. "The problem is happening because of this piece of code here. Let me look through the revision history and see if the fool who wrote that code provided any clue as to what they were thinking..." *Looks through revision history* "Oh...."
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It is only ruined if it taco's on you on the first ride! It is always tough to get everything right in a wheel build. I prefer to build when I get no interruptions for my concentration, but it doesn't always happen. Smiles, MH
