Julius Czar Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Hey guys, I've built a few wheels of my own and I sometimes build wheels for other people, but I can't seem to build a wheel without it being egged, what can you do to stop this happening? Is there a technique? Or am I just being stupid? Help will be massively appreciated, Kieran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 tighten spokes little by little as you go round? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Its caused by spokes on one side of the wheel being tighter than ones on the other side, so you just have to loosen the ones where it goes in and tighten the ones where it goes out, if that makes sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Probably not the way others would do it, but here's how I do. Once Ive laced the wheel, I turn all the spoke nipples so they have the same amount of thread showing on the spoke beneath the nipple on both sides. Then (I dont have a truing stand) I sit the wheel in a frame, with a set of magura cylinders and pads in. I set these up so the clamps hold the cylinders in the same place, centralizing the rim in the frame in the process. All I do then is go around the wheel, and tighten each spoke half a turn at a time until the wheel is partly tensioned, and then true it's side to side movement so the rim clears the brake pads. Once the rims true, I check it to see how "egged" the rim is. This can again be done using the brake pads as a reference, tightening/ loosening spokes where needed to bring the rim in line with the pads all the way round. If you turn each spoke evenly throughout the whole build, I'e with every spoke nipple in the same place and giving every spoke a half turn each all the way round, you should find you have built a egg free wheel. Ive used this method for a number of wheels now and they've all turned out perfect Sorry for the essay Hope it helps. Edited December 21, 2011 by Echo Lite 09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted December 21, 2011 Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 I am currently building between 8-12 wheels a day and that's pretty much how I do them. I am going to re-cap anyway. *turn all the nipples so there is no thread showing (this means all the nipples have exactly the same turns and you can count how many turns you do on each spoke. *get wheel true *get up and down motion true *get wheel true again *get dish central *tighten spokes if needed *true again *stress spokes *tighten spokes *true wheel *true up and down motion *check dish *stress spokes *true wheel Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Czar Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 Wow, thanks guys! Big help, I'll give it a go tonight Cheers again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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