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Title: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: kowalski on September 30, 2007, 01:44 PM: howdy all,
i have just bought these and will be fitting them to a set of araya aeros,
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa193/kowalski74/004-5.jpg)
can anybody please let me know the spoke length i will need (will it be the same for the front and the rear)
also how do you regrease them if possible???
lastly best place to buy said spokes
thanks in advance :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: se-bmxer on September 30, 2007, 02:40 PM: PM'd you the spoke size, regreasing the hubs is easy but its easier if you have a set of
cone spanners (thin spanner) put the cone spanner on the one nut closest to the hub
and a normal spanner on the locking nut and undo, becareful when removing axle as the
bearings are loose and will fall out everyway, clean bearing with petrol and on rag clean
inside of hub of dirt,shit anything, then regrease inside hub put a bit in there so that when you
insert the ball bearings they stick repeat both sides incert axle do up cone nut finger tight so axle
still moves the tighten lock nut

think thats it
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: kowalski on September 30, 2007, 02:56 PM: cheers jai, got your pm too but i just don't understand aarrgghh :-[
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: scary_leary on September 30, 2007, 07:13 PM: Small flange = 193mm spokes dont they?
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: sparky on October 01, 2007, 08:02 AM: Quote from: scary_leary on September 30, 2007, 07:13 PM
Small flange = 193mm spokes dont they?

I laced some small flange w/Aero's yesterday, you'll need 182 to 184. :daumenhoch:

The Aero rim nipple area is raised significantly higher than say the 7x thus reducing the length of spoke required. It caught me out first time I did a set. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: thesku11s on October 01, 2007, 12:12 PM: hows the turbo going sparky :)

Greasing hubs is a very satisfying and easy thing to do.

- tip: buy the grease from a car spares shop for about £3.99 a tub, instead of a tiny superglue sized tube from a bike shop for the same price.

I need some help lacing up aero's myself though.

I have large flange sr/suzue hubs. the rims are used but the hubs are new.

Never built a wheel from scratch before. Any idea of the length I might need? I imagine rather short, is there any particular pattern I should go for?
Title: Re: spoke sizes? and greasing hubs
Post by: kowalski on October 01, 2007, 04:48 PM: many thanks as always boys :daumenhoch: just spoken to the guy at custom riders too who also said to use 184s.....