Originally Posted by
ign1te
Just abbandon this strange 30 hole hub and adopt a modern 36 spoke brand new wheel. Conisder the following materila costs : rim 25 dollar, spokes + nipple 15 dollar, hub 25 dollar, rim tape 5 dollar. So you are looking at 70 dollar in matierlas, probably lower for a dealer. So roughly 180 in labor for a 3-5 hour job.
Simply buying a complete rear wheel is more economical.
While I'm inclined to agree with ditching this strange wheel for something with more spokes and a stronger rim, where do you find prices that low? Most quality rims go for well over $50 today, double butted spokes are over $1 each not including the nipple, and REAR hubs are almost always much more than that.