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 TrevSkee Two Stroke Sniffer
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 Posted: 13:58 - 07 Nov 2013 Post subject: Need some wheel spokes made, which companies? |
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Apart from central wheels.. as they don't reply to emails even when "Warren Harding" ? offered to make me a set.. I then gave him the yes go ahead, but no reply since..
So which companies would you recommend please?  ____________________ My 1991 CR125 Street Supermoto Spec'd Project Build
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Arrr sorry for the reminder
I read about someone had a set of trial wheels for a refurb and where they laced the rims back up spoke scratches all over the rims, and they sent them back to him like it was nothing..  ____________________ My 1991 CR125 Street Supermoto Spec'd Project Build
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Need them made? Aren't there any ready made ones "off the shelf" on ebay?
Failing that, they are not hard to make. You need the blanks (or a set of over-long ones), a wire cutter and a spoke rolling tool. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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| Fizzer Thou wrote: | I am pretty sure that Malcolm Simmons (1 mile from Brands Hatch) does advertise in the ACU South-Eastern Region magazine to do wheels for trials competitors in the various clubs.
Otherwise,it may well be just as easy to buy some spokes and cut your own threads using an appropriate die.
As a sidenote,I used Hagons when the business was run by the old man.But since the son took over and the business moved to Hainault,it seems to have gone downhill,from personal experience.
As for Central Wheels,I was disgusted by the way that Waffles' wheels were presented the first time around.Damaged paint on the hubs.Scratched painted rims.Badly masked stove enamelling on the bearing area.
Thankfully,it was done much better the second time around. |
Wire spoke threads are not cut with a die, they are formed with a thread rolling tool. Die cutting a thread removes material and forms stress raisers at the root or minor diameter of the thread, which reduces the strength of the spoke quite considerably.
A thread rolling tool re-disdributes the material rather than removing it, effectively cold forging the thread, resulting in a spoke which is much stronger in tension and less likely to suffer from fatigue failure.
A thread roller for spokes can be bought for around £70 ish, plus the cost of roller heads for the particular gauge of spoke you're working with. Unless you're going to be doing a lot of wheel building it would be more cost effective to buy spokes ready made, a set of 36 spokes in 10swg or 12swg stainless with nipples comes in at around £50. ____________________ Isle of Man.........Road Racing Capital Of The World |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 12 years, 55 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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