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price on wheel rebuild please

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  • 02-03-2011 4:01pm
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    feck sake lads
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    whats the going rate for a rear wheel rebuild.
    i need to replace my hub, i want to buy an shimano xt 9 speed 36 hole
    use the same rim and spokes .
    thanks


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    gman2k
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    You wont get to reuse your spokes on a rebuild - and you are better off without them anyway.
    If you are in Dublin, then I'd recommend Humphries in Finglas - €30 to build a wheel and they will supply the spokes....can't go wrong!
    BTW SLX hubs are excellent, and IMHO opinion the way to go over XT which are overpriced! I have a full wheelset with the SLX centre lock hubs on SAS rims - bulletproof.


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    feck sake lads
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    great stuff thanks a million .


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    enas
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    gman2k wrote: »
    You wont get to reuse your spokes on a rebuild - and you are better off without them anyway.

    Why is that?


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    feck sake lads
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    enas wrote: »
    Why is that?
    well i agree with that comment simply because steel stretches over time
    or so sjs (thorn) told me when they built my touring wheels.


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    blorg
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    I have had a hub replaced without new spokes; not sure it is always a big problem.


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    gman2k
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    OK, you may be able to reuse them, but there is no guarantee they will fit your new wheel if the hub flange size is different.
    Personally, I would prefer new spokes on a new wheel, the same way I would prefer new cables if changing gear mechs or calipers.
    For the €30 cost mentioned above, I doubt there would be much cost difference in reusing spokes. To despoke a wheel manually and individually takes a good bit of time, whereas a snips will remove all spokes in a minute!


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    feck sake lads
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    gman2k wrote: »
    OK, you may be able to reuse them, but there is no guarantee they will fit your new wheel if the hub flange size is different.
    Personally, I would prefer new spokes on a new wheel, the same way I would prefer new cables if changing gear mechs or calipers.
    For the €30 cost mentioned above, I doubt there would be much cost difference in reusing spokes. To despoke a wheel manually and individually takes a good bit of time, whereas a snips will remove all spokes in a minute!

    100% correct ;)


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