|   29er Wheel Woes- suggestions? | bikelabtech
Jan 12, 2004 5:28 PM | | Saturday's ride on the Karate Monkey ended with a potato chipped front wheel from an ice patch fall. Well, it also retired my helmet (head protection = priceless). The fall was about an 8 out of 10 (9 would be a trip to the hospital, 10 ends the season).
The local LBS guru did his best with the wheel, but things are not pretty. I'm looking for suggestions for a 36 hole rim. This was an Alex TD-17 3-cross hand built 14/15 ga wheel.
Ideas?
Thanks. |
| re: 29er Wheel Woes- suggestions? | ncj01
Jan 12, 2004 5:30 PM | | could it be a fluke? I've had 4 diff 29er wheelsets to present, and I'm a big boy, and i've yet to have 1 even come out of true, even after being raced upon..... |
| re: 29er Wheel Woes- suggestions? | ncj01
Jan 12, 2004 5:31 PM | | oh yea, and mine were all 32h wheels. (Alex, Salsa Delgato's, and Bonty race lite) |
| re: 29er Wheel Woes- suggestions? | bigwheelboy_490
Jan 12, 2004 6:08 PM | | I've got a pair of IRD Clyde's on order. 32H to be built up with an XT rear hub and a Ringle front (with the D shaped axle). I'll let everyone know how they build up once I get them. |
| 32 hole race lites? thats funny, mine only have 28 holes | mondo
Jan 13, 2004 1:56 PM | | and are the biggest piles of poop i have ever owned!!!!
First rear wheel the tire would blow off at 50 psi
Second rear wheel the rim cracked
Third rear wheel the bearing are making all kinds of noise
The front is way too flexy and the bearing are crap |
| I'm 240lbs. Haven't trued a wheel in 600 miles. answer? Rynolite | Padre
Jan 12, 2004 8:25 PM | | |
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