Fairwheel will carry them when back in stock. Meh margin on them so still very expensive at wholesale level.
Straight gauge version is about as expensive as a CX-Ray
thanks to everyone, especially ergott, who recommended various ways to fix my stripped nipple problem. dremel to an old screwdriver was the solution. now i have a beautifully true wheel.
is there a wholesaler you know of for Pillar?
I’ve also been looking for their ceramikoted brass nipples
I have an account with FWB. They sell to shops.
Anyone worked on wheelchair wheels before? Dude at work has nice set of spynergy fatty spokes wheels but the dish is off to work with his new chair. I’m not exactly sure how much I’d have to offset the rim yet. The hubs are one sides so I’m unsure how I could throw them in a ts2 which I have. I could probably do it while mounted to the chair but I can’t exactly be like yeah man just leave me your chair and wheels for a weekend…
ARgh, are the Alex Adventure 2 65b rims ever going to make it to the retail market?
[quote=jdsmooth]re: 650b Adventure 2 chat
I asked Universal, cuz they have the other sizes + Surly Pack Rot.
[quote]As of right now, it doesn’t look like it. I checked with all our distributors and nobody has a listing for that rim.
My guess is that Alex fill all the OE orders they’ll release it as an aftermarket rim. That’s pretty standard practice
for the bike industry. So I would give up hope just yet, but unfortunately I really don’t have anymore information
than my best guess. Feel free to keep checking back with us, if it becomes available, we will carry it.
[/quote][/quote]
Maybe you can fudge something by removing its axle and using a threaded axle and some washers?
That’s what I have ended up doing.
DQ: no QBP access, what’s anybody use for spoke calc?
I had a downloaded spoke calc excel thing on my last laptop but that was like 5 years ago.
Just used https://leonard.io/edd/
not sure if there’s something better or whatever. I took my own measurements on the hubs fwiw
Dt swiss
updated the spradsheet
dt swiss calculator works fine for me
Are the VO Diagonale and the Soma Weymouth the same extrusion?
yes
iirc these are also the same rim: https://www.cyclestoussaint.com/collections/components/products/650b-wheelset-32-spoke-10-speed-clincher
I was surprised with the quality of the Soma Weymouth. I used one on a rear rebuild and proceeded to beat the hell out of it in Mexico for two months and it has held up well.
I usually use the Park TS-2EXT.2 as it would be used for a thru axle.
I laced up a set of Archetypes tonight and when I went to start tensioning I noticed that I had laced opposite of the offset drilling on the rim. About a 1mm offset. Do I take everything apart and redo it? This is a wheelset for my work bike so it’s not like it needs to be perfect in any sense, it’s nice but it’s going to get beat up. Basically, will the wheels be structurally okay tensioned like this?