Where to buy a prebuilt 27" dynamo hub wheel?
07-09-21, 02:45 PM
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Where to buy a prebuilt 27" dynamo hub wheel?
I absolutely love dynamo hubs and want to put them on my vintage bikes that are running 27" wheels, but I can only find prebuilt 700c wheels. Does anyone know of any places selling prebuilt 27s?
07-09-21, 02:56 PM
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https://www.prowheelbuilder.com/rims/shopby/27in.html
Prowheelbuilder.com carries 2 27" rims they can build with dynamo hubs.
Prowheelbuilder.com carries 2 27" rims they can build with dynamo hubs.
07-09-21, 03:21 PM
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You can always build your own (or find a local shop to do it).
The SON hubs would look nice on a vintage ride.
Shutter Precision makes a SON clone.
Velo Orange sells a good vintage looking double walled 27" rim.
The SON hubs would look nice on a vintage ride.
Shutter Precision makes a SON clone.
Velo Orange sells a good vintage looking double walled 27" rim.
07-09-21, 03:36 PM
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Yeah, the local shop quoted me $120 to do a wheel rebuild, I was trying to see if there was a more economical way to do it short of me doing to the build
07-09-21, 04:12 PM
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07-09-21, 06:55 PM
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Soma had dirt cheap (like $21) dynamos for sale recently. Get yourself a decent Alex rim and spokes and be done for under $100.
07-09-21, 11:00 PM
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EDIT: Nvm, found it: https://www.somafabshop.com/shop/cat...ubs-dynamo-792
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07-10-21, 02:52 AM
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Like someone said, go to Pro Wheel Builder and click on their "custom wheel program". You can select each individual part and they'll give you a total price and weight. You can send them hubs and rims if they don't carry what you want and they'll lace them up for you as well.
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Vintage bike, NOS vintage 27" rim, NOS vintage Dynohub™️:
07-10-21, 07:03 AM
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You might consider doing the labor intensive parts of the build yourself and then let an experienced shop worker do the final truing. Almost anyone can do the wheel lacing if they can follow directions (although it is easy to get spokes in the wrong holes). It is necessary to put a little grease in the rim hole and spoke prep on the spoke threads first. The next step is to take all the slack out of the spokes (usually this means tightening the end of the nipple until it is right at the end of the spoke threads). Then you can take it to someone experienced to finish it off
07-10-21, 10:27 AM
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Why not get a 700C wheel? You would only have to lower the brake pads 4mm . Otherwise try building it yourself, it isn't that hard.
07-10-21, 01:01 PM
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I hadn't looked at the Pro Wheel Builder site before. Unless your reusing rims and spokes, I don't think you could do it your self cheaper.
07-10-21, 10:43 PM
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Given how overwhelmed bike shops are, $120 seems quite reasonable. Work with the builder using recommended spokes etc., which he/she will likely be selling, and pay them for their skill. If you tackle the job yourself and it doesn’t go well that $120 plus parts will seem VERY reasonable. YMMV
