Rim replacement
Hi,
Someone has offered me a set of wheels but the rear one has a 15mm crack in the rim near one of the spokes. They said they have been riding on it and it is fine but they managed to get a new rim from the manufacturer anyway.
I am thinking that if I get them then I may aswell replace the rim at the same time. If this is the right idea can anyone give me any idea how much it might cost to replace a rim and put the old spokes and hub in the new rim? Just want some bearing on how much I should offer them for the set. They are Mavis Ksyrium SSC SL's.
Many thanks [;)]
Ed
Someone has offered me a set of wheels but the rear one has a 15mm crack in the rim near one of the spokes. They said they have been riding on it and it is fine but they managed to get a new rim from the manufacturer anyway.
I am thinking that if I get them then I may aswell replace the rim at the same time. If this is the right idea can anyone give me any idea how much it might cost to replace a rim and put the old spokes and hub in the new rim? Just want some bearing on how much I should offer them for the set. They are Mavis Ksyrium SSC SL's.
Many thanks [;)]
Ed
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Replacement Ksyrium SL rim is something like œ90 and then you have to include the cost of the rebuild if not doing it yourself.0
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By all means salvage the hub, but re-using the spokes may be a false economy. They aren't expensive, compared with the 'sod it' of having a worn spoke snap 50 miles after a rebuild.
It's always on the block side, too...0 -
The spokes should last much longer than the rim. They're not likely to snap if they're of good quality and the wheel was built well. Reusing them saves a quite a lot of work and money.
Like this a rim is replaced simply by moving spokes over one at a time from the old to the new rim.
A shop should charge about an hour's labour to replace the rim and tension and true the wheel, plus price of rim.
<i>~Pete</i><i>~Pete</i>0
