Newbie question: replacing wheelset

I'd like to replace my wheelset of my Trek 1000.

I see a lot of specs in the catalogs for manufactured wheelsets, like:
* 26.5mm wide
* 700c
* alloy hub with 36, 14 gauge, Wheelsmith stainless steel spokes in a
3x pattern.
* 8/9 speed Shimano cassette compatible.
* 132.5mm rear axle spacing to fit both 130 and 135mm spaced frames.
* Front spacing is standard 100mm.
* Drilled for schrader valves.

I have an 8 speed cassette. Will any width do? Will any spoke pattern
do? Are these standard front and rear spacing? I see a lot of 700c, so
I'm guessing that the size is also standard.

Thanks for the advice.

Rajah wrote:
I'd like to replace my wheelset of my Trek 1000.

I see a lot of specs in the catalogs for manufactured wheelsets, like:
* 26.5mm wide
* 700c
* alloy hub with 36, 14 gauge, Wheelsmith stainless steel spokes in a
3x pattern.
* 8/9 speed Shimano cassette compatible.
* 132.5mm rear axle spacing to fit both 130 and 135mm spaced frames.
* Front spacing is standard 100mm.
* Drilled for schrader valves.

I have an 8 speed cassette. Will any width do? Will any spoke pattern
do? Are these standard front and rear spacing? I see a lot of 700c, so
I'm guessing that the size is also standard.

Thanks for the advice.

You're presumably looking for cheap wheels? The ones you describe
sound really generic (no-name hub, wide rim, and silly spacing).
They'll work okay on your Trek 1000, but they sound like they might be
of very low quality... do you have a link? Why do you need new wheels,
and how do you ride?

-Vee

"Rajah" wrote:

I'd like to replace my wheelset of my Trek 1000.

I see a lot of specs in the catalogs for manufactured wheelsets, like:
* 26.5mm wide
* 700c
* alloy hub with 36, 14 gauge, Wheelsmith stainless steel spokes in a
3x pattern.
* 8/9 speed Shimano cassette compatible.
* 132.5mm rear axle spacing to fit both 130 and 135mm spaced frames.
* Front spacing is standard 100mm.
* Drilled for schrader valves.

I have an 8 speed cassette. Will any width do? Will any spoke pattern
do? Are these standard front and rear spacing? I see a lot of 700c, so
I'm guessing that the size is also standard.

Your Trek 1000 almost certainly has 130 mm rear spacing and 100 mm front
spacing. I'd recommend 32 or 36 spoke wheels and 3X lacing. Rim width should
be compatible with your tires. See:
http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html#width

Butted spokes make a more durable wheel than plain gauge. Rims with sockets
(sometimes called double eyelets) are less likely to allow a spoke to "pull
through." Above all, the quality of the build is what matters.

For more info see:
http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html#materials

Art Harris

You'd probably get better answers if you mentioned why you want to
replace these wheels.

Rajah wrote:
I'd like to replace my wheelset of my Trek 1000.

I see a lot of specs in the catalogs for manufactured wheelsets, like:
* 26.5mm wide
* 700c
* alloy hub with 36, 14 gauge, Wheelsmith stainless steel spokes in a
3x pattern.
* 8/9 speed Shimano cassette compatible.
* 132.5mm rear axle spacing to fit both 130 and 135mm spaced frames.
* Front spacing is standard 100mm.
* Drilled for schrader valves.

I have an 8 speed cassette. Will any width do? Will any spoke pattern
do? Are these standard front and rear spacing? I see a lot of 700c, so
I'm guessing that the size is also standard.

Thanks for the advice.

Rajah,

What do you need or hope to acomplish by replacing the wheels?

Javier

Rajah wrote:
I'd like to replace my wheelset of my Trek 1000.

I see a lot of specs in the catalogs for manufactured wheelsets, like:
* 26.5mm wide
* 700c
* alloy hub with 36, 14 gauge, Wheelsmith stainless steel spokes in a
3x pattern.
* 8/9 speed Shimano cassette compatible.
* 132.5mm rear axle spacing to fit both 130 and 135mm spaced frames.
* Front spacing is standard 100mm.
* Drilled for schrader valves.

I have an 8 speed cassette. Will any width do? Will any spoke pattern
do? Are these standard front and rear spacing? I see a lot of 700c, so
I'm guessing that the size is also standard.

Thanks for the advice.

Not trying to sell you anything but do you have a good bike shop
nearby, one that won't just try to sell ya something, to talk to? Many
will give lots of free advice, and not just be spring loaded to 'buy a
new Trek' type respnse. Gotta ask what's wrong with the wheels ya got
tho? What problem are you trying to siolve, what question are you
trying to answer?

I ride 15 miles twice a week, with an occasional 50 mile ride. All
asphalt surface with an occasional crack or railroad track.

I need to replace the back wheel because I broke some spokes, replaced
them, and they promptly broke again. I had a bike shop replace them,
and the when the mechanic predicted that they would not last too long.

I thought it would make sense to replace the front wheel at the same
time, which is why I'm looking for a wheelset.

Back wheel has a distinct wobble to it, that was not fixed after
replacing and retensioning spokes. The mechanic thought it was on its
last legs.

I would like to keep up a little better with the amateur group ("for
the love of it") that I biked with fairly regularly until I tore my
achilles tendon. (I would get dropped about halfway through the 90
minute ride.) I think that upgrading my wheelset may help this for
mechanical and aerodynamic reasons. Of course, upgrading my ticker
would help too, but I prefer to do by working my legs instead of
surgery.

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Rajah wrote:
I ride 15 miles twice a week, with an occasional 50 mile ride. All
asphalt surface with an occasional crack or railroad track.

I need to replace the back wheel because I broke some spokes, replaced
them, and they promptly broke again. I had a bike shop replace them,
and the when the mechanic predicted that they would not last too long.

_ That sounds like a bent rim to me. All you really need to do is
replace the rim. Even cheap hubs last a long long time if
reasonably well maintained, you'd likely go through 2 or 3 rims
before your hubs needed replacing due to wear.


The mechanic should have told you something like

"In order to true up this wheel I had to put uneven tension on
the spokes, they won't last very long. I could replace the rim
and rebuild the wheel for $$, but that's almost the price of a
replacemant wheel."


I thought it would make sense to replace the front wheel at the same
time, which is why I'm looking for a wheelset.


_ I don't see any reason to do that. What you really need is a
new bike shop. A new wheel might turn out to be cheaper than
fixing your old wheel, but the shop should at least present that to
you as an option.

_ Booker C. Bense


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Booker C. Bense wrote:
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In article .com,
Rajah wrote:
I ride 15 miles twice a week, with an occasional 50 mile ride. All
asphalt surface with an occasional crack or railroad track.

I need to replace the back wheel because I broke some spokes, replaced
them, and they promptly broke again. I had a bike shop replace them,
and the when the mechanic predicted that they would not last too long.

_ That sounds like a bent rim to me. All you really need to do is
replace the rim. Even cheap hubs last a long long time if
reasonably well maintained, you'd likely go through 2 or 3 rims
before your hubs needed replacing due to wear.


The mechanic should have told you something like

"In order to true up this wheel I had to put uneven tension on
the spokes, they won't last very long. I could replace the rim
and rebuild the wheel for $$, but that's almost the price of a
replacemant wheel."


I thought it would make sense to replace the front wheel at the same
time, which is why I'm looking for a wheelset.


_ I don't see any reason to do that. What you really need is a
new bike shop. A new wheel might turn out to be cheaper than
fixing your old wheel, but the shop should at least present that to
you as an option.

_ Booker C. Bense


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I don't see why you're being hard on the shop. All we have is a brief
usenet post that wasn't even about a bike shop in the first place. For
all we know, the shop told him the stuff you just said. And the
problem isn't a bent rim at this point; the spokes are failing.
Replacing the rim won't fix that.

-Vee