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Gashead:
DT Swiss will pass the test mate  :daumenhoch:

Length and pattern - PM Stidds or

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

Nick

djgivvinup:
Thanks again for the replies..

As it stands with Halfrauds they still have the rims & hubs etc.. I was told they would be ready a few days ago, then i was told they needed to order the spokes in, then they found some spokes so one of the lads started building them.
I saw the wheels today, he has nearly finished lacing the rear, but also managed to put a new scratch on the rim  :uglystupid2:
I asked him if he had 2 different lengths of spokes for the front & rear because of the high & low flange hubs & he told me that he was going to use the same length spokes but lace one wheel in 3x & one in 4x.  That didn't sound right to me  ???
He also happened to mention that he taught himself to build wheels & that the manager was actually the master wheel builder.
After which i told him to stop work on them & get the manager.  & would you adam & eve it, its the managers day off  :tickedoff:
I left it at that & insisted that the manager call me first thing in the morning.

So i'm expecting the call in the morning & i wanna be able to tell him which lacing pattern it should be & whether the spoke lengths need to be different.  Rather than let him tell me what it should be.

Hope that all makes sense  :idiot2:

pickle:
tell him that you will pick the rims and hubs up tomorrow and want compensation for the scratched rims!  as Marty says..NEVER EVER! take anything to Halfrauds...they suck!

go to any good local bike shop, i think you have Pauls Cycles in Norwich...they should be able to do the job for you  :daumenhoch:

HEYWOOD BMX:
 :) Halfrauds are a total joke.They keep advertising there BikeHut stores as staffed by qualified mechanics.I went to my local store to try & buy some 20x1.75 tyres,only to be told that nobody manufactures tyres in this size! They`ve also told me that you can`t get 1 1/8 aheadsets for BMX-total bull!

                James

MartyC:

--- Quote from: HEYWOOD BMX on April 06, 2008, 06:54 PM --- :) Halfrauds are a total joke.They keep advertising there BikeHut stores as staffed by qualified mechanics.I went to my local store to try & buy some 20x1.75 tyres,only to be told that nobody manufactures tyres in this size! They`ve also told me that you can`t get 1 1/8 aheadsets for BMX-total bull!

                James

--- End quote ---

Once got told BMX's only come in 20 inch wheel size, I pointed at the 16 inch wheel BMX we were standing next to and asked what's that then and opened the Halfrauds catalogue he'd just given me and pointed at the GT 24's in there and asked what they were  ::).  Pay peanuts you get monkeys  :LolLolLolLol:.

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