WHEELS REBUILT

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THINKING OF HAVING MY WHEELS REBUILT POWDER COATED RIMS ETC STAINLESS SPOKES,HAS ANYONE GOT A PRICE AT WHAT IT WOULD COST ?.

 

[BAKERMAN]

JUST HAD heavy duty SPOKES done £100 in my AIRHEAD sidecar outfit Yamaha front wheel.

 

[GADGET]

See MAGWA`s recent post on the subject, looked good value, was thinking of having mine done by them, if I knew how I`d provide a link, but I dont

 

[Myke Rocks]

Capitals

Don't Shout!

 

[boxer]

google The Devon Rim Company; you should be able to work out a price from their site.

 

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anyone use central wheel in coleshill ?

 

[cookie]

anyone use central wheel in coleshill ?

devon rim co are the only people i know who are prepared to build GS tubeless wheels.


they're a little tricky.


last time i looked into it, IIRC it was c. £120 per wheel for the build + powder/anodising which was not cheap either.

 

[Anthonypowell]

Devon Rim Company rebuilt my wheels a year ago with alloy spokes and nipples so they do not weld themselves to the Rim, Lovely job and cost me about £250 Apprx well worth the money.

 

[Wolfman]

Devon Rim Company rebuilt my wheels a year ago with alloy spokes and nipples so they do not weld themselves to the Rim, Lovely job and cost me about £250 Apprx well worth the money."

Do you mean we shouldn't use Stainless steel spokes, been offered £100.00 per wheel respoked with SS.

Have to supply completely stripped of parts, he will remove old, refit with new SS and new nipples (BMW) and set true.

I have an original (and the best) 1100, spokes are now rusted, and some marks on rims, but otherwise the rims are good, is it worth having them repolished and laquared, or leave as is.

Wolfman

 

[NeilDD]

What you should have in an ideal world is

S/Steel spokes
Nickle plated brass nipples

This stops galvanic corrosion between the flange of the nipples and the rim.

Neil

 

[Myke Rocks]

Reason for spoke seizure.

What you should have in an ideal world is

S/Steel spokes
Nickle plated brass nipples

This stops galvanic corrosion between the flange of the nipples and the rim.

Neil

Problem is not so much galvanic corrosion as stainless on stainless seizure.
If stainless nipples are used, the majority will sieze on teh stainless spokes even befoeer wheel is trued.
Myke

 

[RIXTER]

nipples

Shouldn't sieze if they get well lubed in Coppaslip first.

 

[Number 6]

Devon Rim Company rebuilt my wheels a year ago with alloy spokes

The spokes certainly wouldn't be alloy. Probably stainless steel.

 

[Number 6]

What you should have in an ideal world is

S/Steel spokes
Nickle plated brass nipples

This stops galvanic corrosion between the flange of the nipples and the rim.

Neil

The nipples go into the hub, not the rim.

The problem with the GS wheels is removing the old spokes as they are an interference fit into the rim. I changed 3 spokes and it took me about an hour.

 

[g.s.john]

hagon build g.s wheels stainless spokes from motorworks

 

[bart2181]

nipples welding to rims is only a problem if your having your wheels re-built every week.stainless nipples for me and i,ll worry about them welding to the rims in about 9 years time when i have them re-built again.

 

[Neil W]

I would consider getting the rims re anodised or polished rather that powder coating. Coating WILL get damaged at some stage during tyre changes and then your stuffed because water will get under it and cause corrosion (the coating will then peel off).
Also no one will powder coat without first blasting the rim so once it has been done you're stuck with it.
Powder coating can cause problems in getting the spokes/nipples to refit and then problems later on with the coating settling ie after the wheel has been run for a while the coating compresses down and the spokes loosen themselves off.

 

[Big Den]

Ref Wheelhouse in Coshill, i heard they won't do BM bike wheels

 

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wheels

thanks all,i will use the alloys for winter,easyer to clean,i will still keep my eyes open to have the standards done.