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Dave Anscombe

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Ohhh yeah deffinatly, ive ridden with rims like that for months.

But your bike is a shed :P

Not sure Ive ridden a bike with less inclination to roll forwards before :D

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i had a rim do that a while ago, i didn't realise and it chomped a V out of my pads (waste of cousts :( ) it'll be fine for a few rides, but check it after you do anything silly to see if it's getting worse...

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your the biggest girl i know though B)

Re-rimming a wheel is really easy....

Buy a new rim (prefereably the one that uses the same spokes).

Tape it to your existing rim with the valve in the same place and the spoke holes in the same orientation.

Undo a spoke at a time and move it across to the new rim, if you do the spokes on the side that the rim is taped to it will be much easier ;)

Once all the spokes are transfered over untape the old rim and you should just have a loosely spoked wheel.

Bung it into your frame and tighten the spokes evenly until its straight, round and true* in the frame.

Get a decent spoke key such as a park and read some guides on wheel trueing - you will be a better human being for doing it yourself**

*may take multiple attempts.

** may or may not be correct.

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If you can already true then youre sorted, shouldnt take more than 30 mins to do :)

Might be worth picking up a new set of nipples though when you get the rim, also dont forget to lubricate the nipples; whilst the wheel is loosely spoked just drop a spot of oil on the top of each nipple head and it will let you achieve a much tighter tension and stronger wheel.

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Re-rimming a wheel is really easy....

Buy a new rim (prefereably the one that uses the same spokes).

Tape it to your existing rim with the valve in the same place and the spoke holes in the same orientation.

Undo a spoke at a time and move it across to the new rim, if you do the spokes on the side that the rim is taped to it will be much easier ;)

Once all the spokes are transfered over untape the old rim and you should just have a loosely spoked wheel.

Bung it into your frame and tighten the spokes evenly until its straight, round and true* in the frame.

Get a decent spoke key such as a park and read some guides on wheel trueing - you will be a better human being for doing it yourself**

*may take multiple attempts.

** may or may not be correct.

Or you can go on youtube loads of video on there showing step by step on how to build wheels

Jamie

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Re-rimming a wheel is really easy....

Buy a new rim (prefereably the one that uses the same spokes).

Tape it to your existing rim with the valve in the same place and the spoke holes in the same orientation.

Undo a spoke at a time and move it across to the new rim, if you do the spokes on the side that the rim is taped to it will be much easier ;)

Once all the spokes are transfered over untape the old rim and you should just have a loosely spoked wheel.

Bung it into your frame and tighten the spokes evenly until its straight, round and true* in the frame.

Get a decent spoke key such as a park and read some guides on wheel trueing - you will be a better human being for doing it yourself**

*may take multiple attempts.

** may or may not be correct.

Or just learn how to build wheels correctly??

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Or just learn how to build wheels correctly??

Yes but as doesnt want to learn a to fully lace a wheel (incase it goes wrong and he cant ride) then re-rimming it is a perfectly acceptable alternative. No need to relace it unless his spokes are knackered which Im assuming they arent :)

edit: Ive been building my own wheels for 13 years now :)

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