Wheel Build Advice Thread

[FatMuz]

Picked up one of these from BookFace today... bloody nice bit of kit.

Have happily got by with the basic ParkTool one for years, but couldn't resist when I saw this come up...

 

[Litenbror]

Extra points for bending the rotor!

Yeah all jokes aside is Jnr ok @T-Rex

 

[moorey]

My wheel building advise. Don’t do it while watching the DH WC replay....or probably the US election updates.
The former caused me a few hiccups.

 

[ausdb]

Picked up one of these from BookFace today... bloody nice bit of kit.

Have happily got by with the basic ParkTool one for years, but couldn't resist when I saw this come up...


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[T-Rex]

Yeah all jokes aside is Jnr ok @T-Rex

It's not Junior's wheel, thankfully. Not sure whose it is, wasn't game to ask.

 

[goobags]

It's not Junior's wheel, thankfully. Not sure whose it is, wasn't game to ask.

Surely that’s been damaged while not riding i.e. bike on the roof rack


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[Labcanary]

I recently bought some spokes from a (usually) reputable source, the threads are partially munted near the top and the cut is pretty jagged. When I try to thread a nipple on it catches and the amount of resistance makes me concerned I'm going to wreck the nipple thread.
Any way I can rectify this or should I send a stern email?

 

[Mr Crudley]

Any way I can rectify this or should I send a stern email?

I think a courtesy email with photo would be expected. Sure looks like these have been attempted to be threaded onto something that wasn't the right size before.

Do they all look like this or just a few?

 

[Labcanary]

I think a courtesy email with photo would be expected. Sure looks like these have been attempted to be threaded onto something that wasn't the right size before.

Do they all look like this or just a few?

All of them. Bought brand new and cut to size.

 

[Dales Cannon]

Surely someone has a die? What thread?

 

[Mr Crudley]

All of them. Bought brand new and cut to size.

Wonder what they did there? Whatever they used to hold the spoke while they were shortened might have messed it up.

 

[Labcanary]

Surely someone has a die? What thread?

14g/2mm (Sapim laser double butted spokes)

 

[The Dude]

Aren't the threads on spokes rolled?

 

[Labcanary]

Wonder what they did there? Whatever they used to hold the spoke while they were shortened might have messed it up.

That's what I'm thinking, but I'm just a novice.

 

[Flow-Rider]

The threads are rolled or forged more or less. I'd send them back, especially at the end of the spoke where you need the most strength in the thread.

 

[Flow-Rider]

 

[teK--]

Yeah that's a shitty finish on custom cut spokes so I'd send them back.

It will also make it tricky for you to quickly set the initial engagement depth, if you use a nipple holder with a depth gauge.

 

[The Dude]

if you use a nipple holder

Pictures (* for a friend)?

 

[Dales Cannon]

I was thinking more along the lines of cleaning up the threads rather than cutting from new. Rolled threads are always better but a quick clean would mean no lost time faffing around with returns. As you were.

Edit, rolling increases the OD of the thread so a 2mm nipple becomes a 2.2mm thread. According to the Park Tool website, the typical 2mm spoke has a 2.2mmx56TPI thread. This converts to a 2.2mmx0.45mm metric thread pitch. Ish. Doesn't really convert into imperial or metric other than a dedicated thread rolling die or specialist die nut.

Edit again, apparently a 2-56 die nut will replicated the thread and these are available at places like Jaycar who sell a kit with an M2.2 0.45 pitch dienut or Hobby places...

 

[Labcanary]

Thanks all, I've sent a friendly email (I can't really be stern) and received a reply already. They have had issues with worn threading on the die so will be sending replacement spokes once they get a new die.