Building my own wheels

57ChevyWagonMan · Aug 16, 2012

I am planing to build my own wheels for my board track era tribute bike. I just got a nice pair of 26x2.125 wheels off eBay they have aluminum rims and they appear to have never been used. I want to lace the front one up with a bicycle drum brake hub. The rear wheel will use the rear hub from a Puch moped which has a free wheel sprocket, a fixed drive sprocket and a drum brake too. I hope my combination is going to be strong enough. What do you think? I want to get heavy duty stainless steel spokes. Who is a good supplier and how do I determine the length?

Thanks!

Mike

Venice Motor Bikes · Aug 16, 2012

The easiest way is to hand over the rims & hubs to a bike shop & tell them to handle it... (probably the cheapest (& easiest) way).
The harder way is to find some same size wheels that have the size hub & carefully measure the spokes, & then have a bike shop cut you some spokes & then try to lace them your self.. (probably a lot more expensive (& harder)). :/

bairdco · Aug 16, 2012

google "spoke length calculator" and fill in the blanks.

husky industrial bikes sells 11 and 12 g spokes for a fair price.

whatever the spoke calculator tells you, there's room to fudge it. if the only spokes you can find are a little too long, you can dremel the tips off after the wheels built.

most bike shops cost 25 and up per wheel for the labor.

57ChevyWagonMan · Aug 17, 2012

The labor does not scare me in the least. I am actually looking forward to lacing these bad boys up. I just want to be sure I choose a safe and reliable combination of parts to build my wheels. My bike is going to have a 7hp engine so braking and stability are very critical.

Mike

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