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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: nomad on March 10, 2010, 05:32 PM
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I think I have decided on the wheels for my STA. Got a pair of gsport hubs with decent alex rims, and a primo front / seventies rear laced to some tatty sun rims. Want the Primo / Seventies hubs laced to the alex rims. So, if I remove spokes from both sets and take the hubs and rims to a bike shop, what should i be looking at to get them built back up?
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guessing thats plus cost of the spokes? Will stick my head into custom riders at somepoint then. How hard to build them myself?
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How hard to build them myself?
Easy... theres loads of info online (and on ere)
Have a go, worst that can happen is you end up having to take em to a shop to get em trued
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couldnt get on with that vid, guy mumbles and has eastenders blaring in the background lol. but there does seem to be loads of info out there. how do i work out what spokes I need?
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This are the easiest instructions i have found .. the concept is the same for all 36/48 wheels with any size spokes... http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=47611
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coolio, just ordered a tool ad gonna get to custom riders tomorrow and buy some spokes, then have a crack at it myself, will take them in to be trued up thou. :D
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coolio, just ordered a tool ad gonna get to custom riders tomorrow and buy some spokes, then have a crack at it myself, will take them in to be trued up thou. :D
Learning to true & tension a wheel is a useful skill to have, it's not that difficult & if you have a go you can at least undo your work & take them to a cycle shop if you don't manage it. I would start off on an old wheel first, take out all the spoke tension & then see if you can get it back to true & tension... As long as you do some reading into what spokes to turn for a given result then it's quite straight forward. Sheldon Brown's site has some good articles which are easy to work with.
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