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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
I spied a pair of Exage hubs in the garage. Hmmm, they'd look
spectacular* on the single Viscount. but I didn't have a cassette tool handy for the 7spd cogset. spokes still attached on drive side. Loong as they'd once been laced to those awful single wall Arayas. I grabbed the Viiscount's original Titlist mech and shifter--and built a neo- retro 7speed with stupid rear wheel! 32 spoke 4x drive side to fit a Mavic semi aero rim. Non drive I had proper length spokes for a standard 3x--but couldn't balance stupid with sensible, so I did 3X, but all heads out. I went over over over for you avid lacers! I built it up tight and true, but I've invited doom with the stresses created with my stoopid lacing--and as a bonus, I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. Guesses on how many miles till implosion? Front is normal 3x--I don't like stoopid wheels in front. ;-) *compared to the hideous large gauge Sora. |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
landotter wrote:
I spied a pair of Exage hubs in the garage. Hmmm, they'd look spectacular* on the single Viscount. but I didn't have a cassette tool handy for the 7spd cogset. spokes still attached on drive side. Loong as they'd once been laced to those awful single wall Arayas. I grabbed the Viiscount's original Titlist mech and shifter--and built a neo- retro 7speed with stupid rear wheel! 32 spoke 4x drive side to fit a Mavic semi aero rim. Non drive I had proper length spokes for a standard 3x--but couldn't balance stupid with sensible, so I did 3X, but all heads out. I went over over over for you avid lacers! I built it up tight and true, but I've invited doom with the stresses created with my stoopid lacing--and as a bonus, I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. Guesses on how many miles till implosion? Front is normal 3x--I don't like stoopid wheels in front. ;-) *compared to the hideous large gauge Sora. pics? |
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On Aug 9, 11:59 pm, jim beam wrote:
landotter wrote: I spied a pair of Exage hubs in the garage. Hmmm, they'd look spectacular* on the single Viscount. but I didn't have a cassette tool handy for the 7spd cogset. spokes still attached on drive side. Loong as they'd once been laced to those awful single wall Arayas. I grabbed the Viiscount's original Titlist mech and shifter--and built a neo- retro 7speed with stupid rear wheel! 32 spoke 4x drive side to fit a Mavic semi aero rim. Non drive I had proper length spokes for a standard 3x--but couldn't balance stupid with sensible, so I did 3X, but all heads out. I went over over over for you avid lacers! I built it up tight and true, but I've invited doom with the stresses created with my stoopid lacing--and as a bonus, I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. Guesses on how many miles till implosion? Front is normal 3x--I don't like stoopid wheels in front. ;-) *compared to the hideous large gauge Sora. pics?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - does UCI know? |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
On Aug 9, 6:22 pm, landotter wrote:
I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. This is the single greatest sentence ever posted in the history of RBT. |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
On Aug 9, 10:59 pm, jim beam wrote:
*compared to the hideous large gauge Sora. pics? http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1064/...a51c1535_b.jpg 'scuse the crud--and I do need to try and seat a couple of those spoke heads, but I did give it quite a workover--like a pre-enlightenment heathen giving the wheel of torture some fierce payback. http://medieval-castles.org/index.ph...eadly_and_pain |
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Hank Wirtz wrote:
On Aug 9, 6:22 pm, landotter wrote: I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. This is the single greatest sentence ever posted in the history of RBT. Gene's had better. -- Phil |
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On Aug 10, 3:51 pm, "Phil" wrote:
Hank Wirtz wrote: On Aug 9, 6:22 pm, landotter wrote: I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. This is the single greatest sentence ever posted in the history of RBT. Gene's had better. Ah, but they are rarely *sentences*, in the English-language sense. E.P. |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
well, stop blowing your horn, get a rack on it, load it up and slalom! |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
On Aug 10, 6:15 pm, datakoll wrote:
well, stop blowing your horn, get a rack on it, load it up and slalom! Thank you for demonstrating, Gene. I appreciate it. E.P. |
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I have built a supremely stupid rear wheel!
On Aug 9, 6:22 pm, landotter wrote:
I believe if I break a drive side spoke I'll need to service the headset. Hank Wirtz wrote: This is the single greatest sentence ever posted in the history of RBT. "Phil" wrote: Gene's had better. Ed Pirrero wrote: Ah, but they are rarely *sentences*, in the English-language sense. We grade on the curve here. Anything at or above Gene Daniels passes. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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