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Replacement rim and spoke options

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Bryanj:
Thats where you spin the wheel and adjust the spokes

TezzerTel:
Yes I understand truing the wheel but I mean the position of the rim in relation to the hub. Are they both central or are they offset at all?

Bryanj:
Central, and the angle/position of the holes in rim determine which spoke goes where, take a pic anyway before dismantling wheel

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I have to admire self taught wheel spokers who have a go themselves - there are quite a few here who have done it and suceeded.
 
As an overthinker I have this mental cartoon vision of how it could go horribly wrong at 70 mph.

My younger brother is a life long avid cyclist  - his wheel builder of choice has recently fully retired. So Bro' has recently bought a fancy new professional wheel building rig that he bought at an auction  sale when a big cycle parts firm went bust.

I await to see his first efforts - a motorcycle wheel is too wide for his rig.

Murf:
Stainless spokes, the zinc plated ones are a bit crap these days and soon discolour and corrode. I would go for D.I.D rims they were the original fitting. My bike has the original rims and I am surprised at how good they are after 49 years, unfortunately PO or someone has rebuilt wheels with plated spokes which are already showing signs of corrosion.  I have always been dubious about doing my own wheels, as your life does depend on them, maybe lace the wheels then get someone that knows what they are doing to true and tension the them.

  I built a front wheel for my push bike when I was about 12, it seems I over tensioned it, I hit a big bump and the rim just went into a massive buckle resulting in me going over the handle bars. Memory of the cuts and gravel rash sort of put me off wheel building for ever 😂

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