Replacing rims

fredy
fredy Posts: 308
edited July 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Hello, i have cracked and dented the rim of my rear wheel. To replace the rim can i use any rims providing they are the same size, ie all 26" or are there other factors that i need to match?

I currently have a mavic xm317 but want to replace it with a superstar xc-430 (so i can get a green one).

Thanks,
fred

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Number of holes, but may need new spokes as well as hols spacing may be different.
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  • fredy
    fredy Posts: 308
    ah i see, so im better off just getting another mavic then. cheers cooldad.
  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    Check the spokes on the rear wheel, if you've had the chain come off into the spokes, you may as well replace the gouged ones.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    fredy wrote:
    ah i see, so im better off just getting another mavic then. cheers cooldad.

    If you dont want to change the spokes then you need the exact same rim. Or another with the same ERD.
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  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    just to piggy back this thread (:shock:) my colleague at work needs a new rim on his commuter due to being run off the road. he has a hub gear and so just needs a wheel build with a new rim and spokes.
    Cycle surgery want £122 +vat for spokes that arent anything special and a rim that is at the lower end of mavics range, basically charging £70 for labour.

    Now would it be cheaper for him to buy a rim and spokes and assemble the rim and not apply tension to the rim and take it to an LBS and as for a tension and spoke freeze job, therefore cutting the cost a bit?
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    only IF he laces it up correctly.

    but I would ask for a second opinion.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,816
    Thats expensive, my LBS charge £20 for the labour plus parts for a wheel build.

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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    If you want to rebuild a new rim onto an old wheel (assuming it'll fit first) then what to do is, loosen but don't undo any spokes, tape the rims together, then one at a time undo spokes and move them across to the new rim Just copy and paste basically. You have to be a total mong to screw this up.

    But actually finishing wheels is hard... But luckily not expensive. So I'd lace it and take it to whatever local wheelbuilder people recommend
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  • fredy
    fredy Posts: 308
    Cheers guys. I bought the same rim and have laced it up and replaced the damaged spokes. Now i'm just trying to true it using my old bike as a truing stand. Gah i hate truing wheels!

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