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byron27 Wrote: nice work! i am inspired! I am currently running 540's on my banger and am far from happy but the lure of wheels built to my own specs is tantalising. so...where do i get a cheap trueing jig from?? You don't need one if you have a rim trainer... Even without a trainer, put the rear wheel in situ and use the brake blocks as your guide. All you need is something to hold the bike up off the ground so that it's easier to spin the wheel around. Ritch. -- ritcho |
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ritcho Wrote: You don't need one if you have a rim trainer... Even without a trainer, put the rear wheel in situ and use the brake blocks as your guide. All you need is something to hold the bike up off the ground so that it's easier to spin the wheel around. Ritch. true...i guess when im riding the steppes of mongolia all i will have will be my bike. -- byron27 |
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byron27 Wrote: true...i guess when im riding the steppes of mongolia all i will have will be my bike. youre riding the steppes of mongolia in the near future? did you see that (crap) docco a few years back? -- flyingdutch |
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flyingdutch Wrote: youre riding the steppes of mongolia in the near future? did you see that (crap) docco a few years back? in the foreseeable future..no, BUT i will do it sometime before im soliciting widows in the old aged home. -- byron27 |
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ritcho wrote
You don't need one if you have a rim trainer... Even without a trainer, put the rear wheel in situ and use the brake blocks as your guide. * Turn the bike upside down (or put it in a stand. I like upside down) * Zip tie a clothes peg to each seat stay (or chain stay, whichever is easier) * put a pencil or allen key in the peg. This lets you true laterally and vertically. For getting the dish right, pull the wheel out and flip it over. It should have the same spacing as it did before you flipped it. You may find removing the derailleur makes it easier, and disc calipers can make it a big tricky to flip the wheel around. I've replaced a few rims this way (I haven't built a new wheel for ages). Dave - who should try to salvage some of the various wheel bits I've got. -- Dave Hughes | Flagrant system error! The system is down. I dunno what you did, moron, but you sure screwed everything up |
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Random Data Wrote: ritcho wrote You don't need one if you have a rim trainer... Even without a trainer, put the rear wheel in situ and use the brake blocks as your guide. * Turn the bike upside down (or put it in a stand. I like upside down) * Zip tie a clothes peg to each seat stay (or chain stay, whichever is easier) * put a pencil or allen key in the peg. This lets you true laterally and vertically. For getting the dish right, pull the wheel out and flip it over. It should have the same spacing as it did before you flipped it. You may find removing the derailleur makes it easier, and disc calipers can make it a big tricky to flip the wheel around. I've replaced a few rims this way (I haven't built a new wheel for ages). Dave - who should try to salvage some of the various wheel bits I've got. -- Dave Hughes | Flagrant system error! The system is down. I dunno what you did, moron, but you sure screwed everything up Just bend a bit of 40 x 5 mm steel strap into a U shape in a big vice, drill and file some slots for front & back wheels. Make the feelers as elaborate as you want. Dial gauges are perhaps a bit over the top . . . The Minoura home mech. truing stand is a good example to copy. What about a jumbo size clothes peg on your chainstay, which can be moved to check for hop and wobble? M"I've never built a wheel I don't like, well, maybe twice" H -- mfhor |
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On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:23:05 +1000, flyingdutch wrote:
youre riding the steppes of mongolia in the near future? did you see that (crap) docco a few years back? The one where the two guys started in Russia ? Were they on recumbents? I remember one of the bikes snapped in half, and was re-welded. They also seemed to have a domestic mid-way, and split up for a bit. -kt |
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