First wheel build- Which used rim: Mavic or Alex?
06-04-21, 11:53 AM
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For a first wheel build I encourage people to use all brand new, good quality components. Starting with a rim that's round and flat will make everything that you do during the tensioning and truing process much more understandable and predictable.
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I take wheels apart from my local co-op for my classes. I’ve been very impressed with how straight and round the wheels end up when people rebuild them. I wouldn’t take a tacoed wheel and ask them to rebuilt it but for wheels that are fairly straight to begin with, they have made them into pretty good wheels.
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If I really needed to build a new wheel it would make sense. This is a project 'for my amusement' a.k.a. hobby interest.
I could just buy a built wheel with a dynamo hub, but where's the fun in that?
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I take wheels apart from my local co-op for my classes. I’ve been very impressed with how straight and round the wheels end up when people rebuild them. I wouldn’t take a tacoed wheel and ask them to rebuilt it but for wheels that are fairly straight to begin with, they have made them into pretty good wheels.
Perhaps I hit it lucky?
If the rim was good from the factory and the original wheel was well-built, and it was never damaged in use, I guess there's a good chance that it would still be usable.
06-04-21, 06:43 PM
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However, I'd buy new nipples and wire brush the spoke threads thoroughly to regain some of the "feel" new spokes & nipples provide.
Using the old nipples with various degrees of corrosion and corroded spoke threads doesn't give the feel you really need.
When I first started "assembling" wheels was when I flipped bikes.
I'd take a rim from here, hub from there and spokes from my used spoke supply.
What a pain to get a good, decently tensioned wheel.
When I built my first wheel with new parts, it was like a miracle. Everything was so smooth & predictable.
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Update-
Wheel is built - next step is to get a tire and put some miles on it and see how if it stays true. I'm assuming it will need a 'touch up' once it gets ridden.
I used the Mavic rim - once I disassembled the wheel from the 'old' hub, it stayed round and flat. I rebuilt the original wheel a couple of times (with the old spokes) for practice.
Once I got the dynamo hub and the new spokes, I took a couple of quiet hours and built the new wheel.
It all went smoothly. The Musson book and help from Dan Burkhart with the spokes made it pretty easy.
Thanks to everybody here who gave me a lot of sensible advice.
Now that I have the DIY truing stand and basic tools, I have more confidence for future builds and adjustments.
Wheel is built - next step is to get a tire and put some miles on it and see how if it stays true. I'm assuming it will need a 'touch up' once it gets ridden.
I used the Mavic rim - once I disassembled the wheel from the 'old' hub, it stayed round and flat. I rebuilt the original wheel a couple of times (with the old spokes) for practice.
Once I got the dynamo hub and the new spokes, I took a couple of quiet hours and built the new wheel.
It all went smoothly. The Musson book and help from Dan Burkhart with the spokes made it pretty easy.
Thanks to everybody here who gave me a lot of sensible advice.
Now that I have the DIY truing stand and basic tools, I have more confidence for future builds and adjustments.
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06-17-21, 01:01 PM
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Update-
Wheel is built - next step is to get a tire and put some miles on it and see how if it stays true. I'm assuming it will need a 'touch up' once it gets ridden.
I used the Mavic rim - once I disassembled the wheel from the 'old' hub, it stayed round and flat. I rebuilt the original wheel a couple of times (with the old spokes) for practice.
Once I got the dynamo hub and the new spokes, I took a couple of quiet hours and built the new wheel.
It all went smoothly. The Musson book and help from Dan Burkhart with the spokes made it pretty easy.
Thanks to everybody here who gave me a lot of sensible advice.
Now that I have the DIY truing stand and basic tools, I have more confidence for future builds and adjustments.
Wheel is built - next step is to get a tire and put some miles on it and see how if it stays true. I'm assuming it will need a 'touch up' once it gets ridden.
I used the Mavic rim - once I disassembled the wheel from the 'old' hub, it stayed round and flat. I rebuilt the original wheel a couple of times (with the old spokes) for practice.
Once I got the dynamo hub and the new spokes, I took a couple of quiet hours and built the new wheel.
It all went smoothly. The Musson book and help from Dan Burkhart with the spokes made it pretty easy.
Thanks to everybody here who gave me a lot of sensible advice.
Now that I have the DIY truing stand and basic tools, I have more confidence for future builds and adjustments.
