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GaryN:

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--- Quote from: kuwahero on April 13, 2012, 10:38 PM ---Spoke length calculating

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=136816.0




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Well I am glad somebody is reading the hard work put into creating the stickies, funny enough I also did this one...

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=1344.0

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I had discovered the stidds wheel build how to but for some reason thought that it ended at the last picture in the series, what a numpty  ::)

Cheers guys.

john4130:
one of the main things when building a wheel is making sure all the spoke nipples get the same amount of turns, if you have a wheel to copy the lacing pattern then build it with all the spokes loose, then get a spare spoke and make one of these.

leave about 3 threads sticking out and then crimp the nipple to the spoke. then go round the wheel with the tool tightening each spoke until the tool bottoms out like this.

the spokes nipples will all be at the same depth then get a spoke key and go round the wheel giving each spoke one full turn. keep doing this until there's a good tension in the wheel, then it will only need a little bit of truing.

GaryN:
@ john4130, now that is a sweet tip  :4_17_5:

I will use that for sure, simple yet effective.

Dannywhac:
Yeah - John's tip saves the pain in the rear you can get when your building your wheel and some spokes slacken off whilst your moving the wheel to spoke up.

Also fella, if you get stuck at all give me a shout as I do my own and I'm just up the road from you in Bury  :daumenhoch:

nosepickben:
http://www.gsportbmx.co.uk/custom/wheel_build/wheels.html

Follow this and you can't go wrong. If it's all new parts, the wheel should work out straight and true. If not fixing it is dead easy. mount on a frame & view from above, tighten the 2 or 3 spokes on the correct side of the hub you need to pull towards by one turn at a time & slacken off the ones in between (ie the other side hub flange) by half a turn. Works for me.

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