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I’ve sung the praises of the value of my Mason x Hunt 650B Adventure Dynamo Disc wheelset, which has been on my bike since I built it in early 2020, over 16000 miles ago, and needed only minor truing, but at the beginning of my LEJoG I noticed cracks around just about every other rear spoke hole. Fortunately they held up for the whole trip, but I obviously need to do something about it before it fails on a ride. I can either rebuild with a new rim on the same hub, or just replace with a new wheel that has a Shimano 11-speed compatible driver.
The current rim is 28 hole, 25 mm internal, 28 mm external. Disc brake only, tubeless compatible. Possibly looking for something with eyelets this time. I’d like to get something that will last at least double that 16000 miles. I run 48 mm tyres.
A little deeper would be okay, not sure about carbon.
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I can’t wait that long! Here
I can’t wait that long! Here’s a series that any good vlogger / ‘grammer would surely recognise.
1. unboxing video – that should have been uploaded by now. Get yer skates on!
2. first ride impression (even if it’s just up and down the street)
3. a review (you’ve ridden it a few times now)
4. a long term or ‘proper’ review (you’ve ridden it for a while)
5. what upgrade do I get to replace it? This can be either due to issues with the item or just ’cause you want to spend some money. For most people it’s the latter.
Front wheel trued and
Front wheel trued and tensioned last night. I think it took me well over an hour.
Oh, doing it myself is the plan. I’ve replaced spokes and trued wheels before. The co-op is a volunteer workspace (that I sometimes volunteer at) where you’re supposed to do your own wrenching, with the volunteers just being advisors.They/we have a couple of good quality truing stands, as well as some other tools I’ll need like a headset bearing press, and bottom bracket facing tool.
Excellent.
I built my rear wheel a while ago with a 60mm Prime rim and some aero spokes which weren’t as difficult to use as I’d thought. When it came to truing it though, I ended up putting the tyre on, mounted the wheel on the bike and just eyeballed the tyre with the down-tube as my old truing stand probably won’t take thru-axles. So far, it’s been very solid and I haven’t felt the need to do any more adjustment.
I did buy a cheap truing guage but haven’t got around to trying it out yet.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006437109220.html
I laced up my first wheel
I laced up my first wheel ever, new rim, spokes, and nipples onto my old SON dynamo hub. I still need to take it to the bike co-op to tension and true it. The rim matches the new hand built rear wheel, which is ready to go. The frame I used for LEJoG is out getting stripped and powder coated.
Hopefully posting the results in the next couple of weeks on Pictures of your Bike.
David9694 wrote:
If you pluck an uncracked DS spoke, what’s it feel like?
Looking carefully now, there is maybe one uncracked drive side one. It sounds and feels about the same as the others. I just measured them all with my Unior tensiometer. The spokes are 2.0-1.6-2.0. Using the closest values on the table (1.65), the drive side all measure 80-120 kgf. The non drive side measure 55-75 kgf.Checking a few random ones on the front, they’re pretty close to the rear drive side tensions.
I see no non drive side cracks on the rear. What I do see now is seven cracks on the front, all but one on left side nipples. So I guess I’m rebuilding that front for sure.
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