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Wheel rims, drive side?

mloc123 · 2012-03-16 14:45:28

Anyone seen a rim marked with a specific drive side before? Bought a new rim recently and it had a drive side sticker on it, but I wondered why.. no obvious difference between the sides.

16-03-2012 2:45pm

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Anyone seen a rim marked with a specific drive side before? Bought a new rim recently and it had a drive side sticker on it, but I wondered why.. no obvious difference between the sides.

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#2 16-03-2012 2:52pm

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On some rims the eyelets are offset slightly from the centre line to reduce the difference in spoke tension caused by dishing.

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#3 16-03-2012 2:52pm

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At a guess, asymmetrical rims are designed to equalize the unequal spoke tension caused by dishing on a rear wheel.

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#4 16-03-2012 3:22pm

Paul Kiernan

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Snap!

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#5 16-03-2012 3:26pm

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when i built my FFWD's the drive side was the side with the barcodes, but no differnece in the rims, they could be built any way round

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#6 16-03-2012 5:44pm

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Paul Kiernan wrote: »

Snap!

Not if you equalise the spoke tension...

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#7 16-03-2012 6:45pm

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drive side should be whichever side you can read the label from. for aesthetic reasons, like having the tyre logo opposite the valve

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