Wheelbuilding / Wheel Building / Wheel build help

it is fine to reuse spokes. If they twist alot when removing them bin them but that the only caveat I can think off. Obviously, if they 40,000 miles on them or have come out of a badly built wheel then don't bother.

Thanks, that’s really useful. Cheers!

Does anyone want to build a rear wheel for me? The bearings have gone in my rear wheel so looking to either replace or fix for beers and cost of new bearings/hub/spokes in case anyone wants to practice wheel building skills?

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Yeah that's informative

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I'll add more details but wanted to gauge interest first.

Why not have a crack yourself? You can do 90% of the work and have a shop check the tension and getting the truing spot on for £5-10.

@Vince can sort your problem swing him message

Thabks but a lack of tools and time and don't fancy making myself a truing stand (plus nowhere to keep it).

@AlphaOmega thanks, will drop him a pm.

You don’t need a truing stand, just do it in your bike frame!

Sounds like it just needs the bearings replaced

Take to LBS get them to device the hub.

Bearings are easy to change, I did a tutorial a couple of years ago.

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They cost less than £1 each and it takes about 20 minutes.

Trueing is also simple - Happy to show you how to do it all if you come to see me in Stoke Newington.

Disclaimer I will try to sell you Champagne and you will probably feel obliged to buy some

@vince thanks! Champagne and knowledge sounds ideal and cheaper than a new rear wheel/hub. Will be in touch!

anyone got one 29er rim for sale? needs to be black, easy tubeless, suitable for a 2.3 tyre. thanks!

But does my lbs try and sell the bubbly?

48 hole Sun rim in Canada...

I'm thinking about having a set of disc wheels built and need recommendations on hubs. On my rim brake bike I have a set of Dura Ace 9000's and they are just about perfect - zero maintenance and brilliantly sealed for all weather training. What is the disc equivalent? I'd like a front and rear 20/24 or 24/24 ideally.

Cheers

forget 20H front disc brake wheels. Only the daft do that also there are almost no hubs available.

For reliable 24H disc brake wheels, you really need a deeper rim a bit like with rim brake rims (I know some think Shimano C24 wheels are reliable but many break spokes so they are not). People go too light and then something breaks.

For example, my own set of commuter bike wheels use novatec D711/D712 hubs with CX-ray spokes and velocity aileron rims. They became commuter bike wheels, they did not start that way but 20,000km later they are fine and only one bearing change (the freehub is original). You don't have to spend alot on hubs to get something reliable.

I had my rear mavic aksium wheel trued on Wednesday at my LBS.

I have noticed since then the spokes are making a clicking/popping sound, especially noticeable at low speeds.

Should I take the wheel back to the bike shop that trued it?

@Vince ta for looking at the wheel and @dancing james for the recommendation!

Sounds like it hasn't been stress relieved: I think the spokes are still wound-up and the noise is them unwinding.

Yes, I'd take it back. The spokes may not unwind evenly, so the tension should be checked.

I'd expect any half-decent mechanic to have done this before giving you the wheel back.

Thanks for this.

So, to be more specific I’m thinking of finally having some 50mm (or there abouts) carbon disc wheels built.

I hear you on the 24/24. I’ll check out those novatecs to see if they come in that drilling. Cheers

Cheers for the info. The wheel does have a buckle to it again.

I can’t pop in until Thursday, but hopefully that should be ok.

I think the spokes are still wound-up

That was my first thought, then I looked at the Aksium I have laying around here and thought surely even the most incompetent shop mechanic couldn't leave wind-up in spokes which are that flattened :)

I don't think I'd entrust them with the wheel again, unless I highlighted the problem with their previous work and was confident they were on top of it,

surely even the most incompetent shop mechanic couldn't leave wind-up in spokes which are that flattened

I hadn't thought of that.

As it's buckled already, I'd think the odds on incompetency have shortened!