Re: 700 cc rear wheel can't take the punishment
- From: thirty-six <thirty-six@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 07:17:15 -0700 (PDT)
On May 31, 1:35 am, Peter H <hanebu...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I hope someone from this excellent group can help me with this
problem.
I'm a commuter who's rear wheel can't seem to take the punishment.
It's constantly going out of round and spokes are losing tension. It
If the nipples are without a threadlock then they can rattle loose
causing loss of tension in the spokes and a variation from true
running. The simplest work is to fix the nipples by using a gum
rubbed between spoke and nipple. Even simpler is to check that the
nipples are self-adjusting. Take a marker and mark all the nipples
from one side of the wheel, taking the mark onto the spoke. This will
show if the nipples really turn when the wheel is taken over rough
roads, some wheels will make much noise yet the nipples don't budge.
sounds like I'm making popcorn on my ride into work.
That could be spokes settling after an adjustment. If this is the
case, it possibly points to the spokes being too tight anyway, which
leads to buckling.
It's a 700 cc rim with a disk brake rotor and my lbs just says bring
the wheel in and we'll true it. They have nothing stronger.
Repeated truing after the first 200 miles is a sign of a poor
wheelbuild, not necessarily flimsy components. It would help if the
component parts were described along with your weight, any luggage and
how hard you actually ride in comparison to others and their
experiences..
Is there a 700 cc, disk brake rear wheel out there that can take the
punishment? The streets I ride on are brutal and I ride with a slick
pumped to about 110 psi. Perhaps I'm asking too much.
I don't think you are.
.
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