Boswell Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 I have never built a wheel in my life but I want to build this 36 hole profile hub onto a 48 hole rim because I don't want to spend another £40/£50 on a new rim. Can someone please explain how I would go about doing this or post a link for instructions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrex Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Just buy a new rim, it makes a lot of sense. And what made you buy a 48 hole rim if you knew you had a 36 hole hub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Just buy a new rim, it makes a lot of sense. And what made you buy a 48 hole rim if you knew you had a 36 hole hub?It's for my BMX wheel, Dame sold me his profile for £40 I couldn't resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrex Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 It's for my BMX wheel, Dame sold me his profile for £40 I couldn't resist. There is a bmx forum you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boswell Posted January 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Help? :$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat Smith! Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Just miss out 12 holes? going to look stupid anyway so just build it as normal looking as you can and try true it, wont be strong and most likely wont be true, and will look stupid, but meh it could work.Matx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Miss out one in every 4. That should add up to 36 an leave spokes missed out equally around the rim. Other than that, just lace them up 3x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 The main problem with trying this is that you're going to need spokes of lots of different lengths to make it work. Also have a look at the rim, the chances are every second spoke hole is offset to one side or the other of the rim. This is often needed for the spoke nipples to not bind (Lace spokes from the RH hub flange to the spoke holes offset to the RH of the rim to guarantee the spoke nipples won't bind in the rim). If you start skipping holes at random you'll end up with a weird mix of spoke angles into the rim (It'll look horrible) and the potential for binding spoke nipples. If you've never built a wheel before you'll be completely screwed trying to lace this thing, not to mind true it (I've built a lot of wheels and I would only do this as an academic exercise, definitely not as something I'd trust to use or even trust not to ruin the rim in particular (The hub should be OK, spokes and spoke nipples are cheap). £40 is more than enough to buy a decent rim for trials bikes/MTB/road bikes new - BMX stuff tends to be cheaper I'd have thought, so that rim must be unreal - is it worth buying a new hub for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.