I have two older bikes and not enough budget to get pre-built wheelsets for both. So here goes my questions-
I examined a shop-built carbon/kevlar spoked wheel at my LBS. WOW! Ksyrium- WOW! Since I can get a set of spokes much cheaper than a set of wheels to upgrade my perfectly fine overweight wheels here goes...
Ok- I have set of D/A hubs 32 hole on my current wheels. Dont know current spokes, but the have a G? imprinted on the end. Anybody know who made them? I want to re-use the hub, get some lightweight, modern spokes, maybe replace wheel/ maybe not. Thinking Ti spokes? carbon Kevlar? Could I even do this? Hubs aren't that old, and in great shape. Spoke kits are less than $100- I could do this and save some good weight. One of my spokes is busted from a recent move Maybe I should leave them alone, and replace the nipple?
Also, I have a MTB set with hubs needing replacement, thick gauge spokes, and decent old Mavic 238 wheels. Fairly light for old MTB wheels. On this set I want to keep the wheels, get either narrower spokes or go Ti or carbon/kevlar, and use a no-disk budget minded hub. What think?
Is this even do-able or a waste of time?
Thanks!
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vxracer wrote:
Is this even do-able or a waste of time?
Thanks!
What rims are you using? If they're light, just rebuild them with DT Revs or Sapim CX-Rays.
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On the roadie they are UB control? No other information. I think they were stock, and I had the dua ace put on them.
The MTB has some Mavic 238 that seem fairly light for their age. They do seem pretty light, If I break the wheel down, Ill compare some weights. Dont want to break them down if its a useless idea. Especially if I would be better off money-wise to just replace all. Anybody out there rebuilt older wheels before? Was it worth it?
The MTB has some Mavic 238 that seem fairly light for their age. They do seem pretty light, If I break the wheel down, Ill compare some weights. Dont want to break them down if its a useless idea. Especially if I would be better off money-wise to just replace all. Anybody out there rebuilt older wheels before? Was it worth it?