Radfax Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 hey, well recently i posted about my wheel trouble and the fact it was built by a blind fingerless monkey with parkingsons. so i whipped it apart put it back and its fine now. the rim its built on is nice and straight but all beaten up, so i want to take the rim off, give it a paint and put it back on. This is where i hit my problem!When i go to do the crossing of the spokes i always end up putting nastyly huge scratches in my rim, i am doing it less now but i am felxing the spoke a fair bit which i am pretty sure i shouldnt be doing! Could anyone tell me why this is happening? Is there some thing wrong with my build technique? first of all i thought i was tightning the spokes to tight so i started putting the nipples on two full turns, the recomended average on build guides is 3 which is what i was doing so in theory the wheel should be slacker and easier to move about and avoid rim scratching. but this didnt work! So any advice and suggestions would be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavyn. Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 spokes are probs just a touch on the longside I wouldn't worry about it to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Put a bit of cloth on the end on the spoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cai Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I had this problem before, then I found that twisting the hub in the opposite dirrection of which the spoke was facing helped. - So if your lacing a spoke that will face left, twist the hub to the right.Hope this helps, it does for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladd Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 I had this a while back, Twist the hub and tighten the nipples all the same, Are they brand new spokes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Don't worry too much about a bit of spoke flex to get them into the rim - they're ok to bend a bit (obviously 'bend' and 'kink' is rather different...)The first couple of times building it can be a bit daunting, but you soon get used to the feel of it, and get a nicer idea of how much a spoke can give without any problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I have a different question regarding wheels, but I figured it didn't need it's own topic.I have a monty 221PR 2007 and I was looking for a new back wheel.Pretty nooby about this al since I've always ran the same wheel I found alot of different spacings on them for the rim.I'm trying to choose between 42mm and a 47mm widness.I prefer a wider rim, but I'm not sure how it will work out with the spacing on the frame...The hubs are 116mm but should be good I think..The ones i'm talking about are on this page: http://www.trialmarkt.de/ > Laufrader 20 '' > bottom 2 try-all wheels.So I was wondering if the 47mm one is able to run on a monty 221pr 2007, if not, is the 42m?Post is a bit unclear but I hope it is understandable.Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 make sure the nipples arent to tight, i tend to make them saggy-as untill all the spokes are in, then one at a time completely undo them, then tighten them all X turns. my last two builds have beem scratch free. you can touch up the scratches prety easily with nail paint [crafty lbs tip there...] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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