Rebuilding my wheel
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Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:17 am
I've now decided to rebuild the wheel since the rim is still good...
I've got to choose between buying a Ultrgra hub brand new or a Dura ace 7700 hub off eBay
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Aushiker » Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:42 am
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Reman » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:16 pm
Just make sure that when you get them you check the grease levels and properly adjust the cones and they will roll as sweet as!
You can buy a pair from Ribble for just over $60.
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Crawf » Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:34 pm
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 4:25 pm
The hubs from ebay are these http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/180993597615 ... 1436.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Abby » Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:39 pm
If you want Ultegra, then go for it. But don't fall into the "105 is no good" trap. I use a mix of 105, Ultegra and Dura-Ace gear on my bike, and interchange it reasonably often - and so long as its well-maintained, I honestly can't tell when I have 105 vs Ultegra vs Dura-Ace stuff on...
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Abby » Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:40 pm
If you want Ultegra, then go for it. But don't fall into the "105 is no good" trap. I use a mix of 105, Ultegra and Dura-Ace gear on my bike, and interchange it reasonably often - and so long as its well-maintained, I honestly can't tell when I have 105 vs Ultegra vs Dura-Ace stuff on...
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Reman » Fri Oct 19, 2012 9:13 pm
If you look at the tech diagrams the difference between 105 and Ultegra hubs is the axle and the QR skewer, otherwise they are identical. I doubt you could tell the difference, in fact a low grease badly adjusted Ultegra hub will perform and feel 10x worse that a well greased properly adjusted 105 hub.jamesn184 wrote:well id be lacing it with new spokes, far as I've been told 105 hubs are no where near the quality.. and as I've stated in my post I do not wish to downgrade to 105 hub since id be replacing a ultegra
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Fri Oct 19, 2012 10:28 pm
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Circus-Monke ... 56464ba27a" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
they seem to get a decent rep from the roadbike review forum
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby usernameforme » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:38 pm
Can't comment about the Circus Monkey hubs as I have never used them, but there are plenty of cheap "weight weenie" hubs out there, see Bikehubstore
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 2:45 am
SL218 Rear Hub - 218 grams
UltraLight Front Road Hub - 32h - 80g
Sapim CX-Ray
Teamed up with the Open Pro's, I should be looking at around 1450g for the set.
So in the end it should cost me $298 + $130 in labour to re-build both wheels, or should I go for a Pro-lite set? bearing in mind that I'm still around 98kg
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby usernameforme » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:37 am
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:31 pm
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jacks1071 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:27 pm
The Pro-Lite Merano should be fine for you. You're very close to our recommended max weight for the Bracciano.jamesn184 wrote:Well I've looked into buying hubs from bhs and sapim cx-ray spokes which total out at $298
SL218 Rear Hub - 218 grams
UltraLight Front Road Hub - 32h - 80g
Sapim CX-Ray
Teamed up with the Open Pro's, I should be looking at around 1450g for the set.
So in the end it should cost me $298 + $130 in labour to re-build both wheels, or should I go for a Pro-lite set? bearing in mind that I'm still around 98kg
If its just a training wheelset, the Como I would recommend without hesitation - they are strong, despite being heavy they roll very well and have good aero characterics.
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby usernameforme » Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:40 pm
read sheldon brown's guide... great source of infojamesn184 wrote:I wouldn't even know where to start on rebuilding the wheels...
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Fri Oct 26, 2012 9:02 pm
Rims: Mavic Open Pro's
Hubs: http://www.bikehubstore.com/product-p/ul80.htm
http://www.bikehubstore.com/SL218-p/sl218.htm
Spokes: Sapim CX Ray
I tried using the calculator but couldn't track down all the info required :S some help would be nice
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby usernameforme » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:09 pm
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby Reman » Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:33 pm
Front - PCD 39.6mm, center to flange (equal) 33.5mm
Rear - PCD DS 49.6mm NDS 38mm, center to flange DS 17.1mm NDS 37.3
Mavic Open Pro ERD is 602mm, but you may want to measure this yourself.
These are all the numbers you need to plug into a spoke calculator. You just need to decide on what cross, for 32H I'm guessing you would want 3x.
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:21 am
Thanks for the help guys
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby rifraf » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:11 am
Might I suggest you check out the price of getting your wheels built at starbike in Germany.jamesn184 wrote:I'll be going to the lbs and see how the guy wants to build it
Thanks for the help guys
From memory its 24.50 Euro for the build and postage is appeared to be 20 Euro last I looked which is cheap as chips
if its correct.
They were as cheap as anyone else appeared for their sapim cx-rays.
Where they fall down is their speed as the German mail takes on average about a month at least to get to you.
If you prefer speed, I bought my last wheels with cx-rays from wheelbuilder.com of whom I dealt with
"Joe Wiley: Wheelbuilder.com" <joe@wheelbuilder.com>
Their prices are on their website but if your spokes are a standard length and dont need custom shortening (like mine did)
then they are US $3.15 each for cx-rays.
I used Velocity rims which were $65 each and supplied my own hubs.
Hope some of that helps
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby rifraf » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:35 am
Good prices toojamesn184 wrote:How does one go about getting the right measurements for the spokes required for my rebuild on both wheels?
Rims: Mavic Open Pro's
Hubs: http://www.bikehubstore.com/product-p/ul80.htm
http://www.bikehubstore.com/SL218-p/sl218.htm
Spokes: Sapim CX Ray
I tried using the calculator but couldn't track down all the info required :S some help would be nice
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Re: Rebuilding my wheel
Postby jamesn184 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 12:10 pm
Thus is why it's getting built locally
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