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• #27
There was a girl that worked in the shop where I work that was taking metal parts to a scrappy and getting good money for them which I thought was pretty smart.
That is a good idea. Know we used to do it with cables when we stripped them out of jobs (I'm an electrician), then split it between us for few drinks after work on a friday.
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• #28
That is a good idea. Know we used to do it with cables when we stripped them out of jobs (I'm an electrician), then split it between us for few drinks after work on a friday.
Something that should be encouraged more.I'm not really sure where she took the stuff but there must be plenty of places that'll pay you for scrap metal eh? I think she said you got more if you separated it all so she would stip the spokes out of wheels so that she could give them the ali and steel separately.
Anyway when I was in the other day they had done a big tidy in the wrkshop whilst they were shut between christmas and new year and there was a big pile of stuff like chain, cables, cassette cogs etc lying on the workshop floor and I got asked to box it up as they wanted to take it to the dump, I suggested they take it to the scrappy n get cash for it but that was "too much bother". If I had had the car with me I'd have taken it but I cycled in that day :(
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• #29
I think aluminum prices are quite good at mo, but that may be out of date, prices are constantly changing!
Might be worth having a word with other local shops and seeing if you can arrange a co-operative on scrap metals?
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• #30
The last word on reusing spokes is Roger Musson. From an earlier posting here:
PS If it were a wheel previously built by myself then I would always re-use the spokes but as Zippie says, it takes a little longer so for commercial reasons I normally cut them out. If you have no commercial pressure and the lengths are appropriate then why not reuse them. The spokes have been operating well below their yield stress and fatigue limits and will be in perfect condition. I think it's important that you only re-use spoke from a previous build done by yourself, that way you know the history and can be confident they will perform just as well.
I've got his book and I think it's outstanding.
DoctorBike
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• #31
Well, I went to the London Bike show yesterday and asked the guys from Hope and they reckoned that their 1465g, 24 spoke, Pro 3 SP-XC6 with ZTR Crest rim wheels would be fine even at my weight.
They said they used them on their 5" travel AM bikes and never had any problems.
I certainly ain't gonna be putting them under the same sorta strain as riding that terrain would.
Just gone online and found a set for just over £300 too.Bugger... indecision is a killer, so bought some carbon forks while I make my mind up!
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• #32
What about reusing nipples?
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• #33
I'd guess that, as the nipples are made of a softer metal than the spokes, no IMHO.
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• #34
I'd never reuse aluminium nipples, but have reused brass without a problem.
There's a big question here about our unsustainable use of materials. We've got to get better at reusing what we have rather than chucking it away and getting new stuff.
I spend quite a lot of my time helping people get more out of their existing bikes, extending significantly the time before they need to get another one. I wish I saw more of that rather than shops saying "that's broken, chuck it and buy this new one for £50/£250".
As one of the only types of transport that actually makes sense as we approach the end of the age of cheap oil, we bikers ought to be leading the way for responsible use of materials. And I love it that lfgss has such a focus on keeping bikes on the road.
DoctorBike.
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• #35
What we gonna do for tyres though???
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• #36
Not sure about aluminium nipples, but I rebuilt a wheelset about 6 months ago and re-used the aluminium spokes, no dramas to date and haven't even need a true yet.
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• #37
Not sure about aluminium nipples, but I rebuilt a wheelset about 6 months ago and re-used the aluminium spokes, no dramas to date and haven't even need a true yet.
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• #38
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Hollow as well.
Swapped the Olympics for Flows.
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• #39
Ah ok, should have thought of that!
But yes I'm sure the massive bin at BC full of scrap must be worth a bob or two.
Sorry to derail. FWIW I have reused spokes in the past, with some snapping but meh it's my sodding bashbike.