building a carbon front wheel...

jimwalsh
jimwalsh Posts: 113
edited February 2015 in Workshop
I have built about 8 sets of archetypes and a couple of sets of tb14s up for friends and family. none have fallen apart yet and seem to be holding true.

I want to build up a cheap front carbon wheel for doing some tts over the summer

I have seen these on planet-x

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/RISESPT/selcof-speed-t-rim

http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/HUSEFRONT/ ... -front-hub

which would build up to something that I can live with price wise once tubular tyres have been factored in.

do any of the esteemed wheel builders have any tips for building up a carbon wheel?

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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    Older PX carbon tubular rims were drilled for internal nipples, don't know about these ones. Building with internal nipples requires you to learn new tricks, so could be a challenge... if they are drilled for externals, then it is a straightforward build. You need to use a tension meter
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  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    I have a tension meter (the cheapy park tools one)

    zoom_27179550_RUOTE_SELCOF_SPEED_T.JPG

    from this pic it seems that they may have internal nipples?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    They surely do... have fun... :mrgreen:
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  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    seeing as they are tubular I will give them a miss.

    having to unglue a wheel to true it up doesnt sound like something worth doing...
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    jimwalsh wrote:
    seeing as they are tubular I will give them a miss.

    having to unglue a wheel to true it up doesnt sound like something worth doing...

    Agree, however, if you build it well and don't crash it, a front wheel is unlikely to ever need truing
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  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    Cheers buddy for that I think I will give them a miss

    http://www.dymag.com/60mm-profile.html

    have you any experience of these rims?

    sorry to pester you about this stuff!
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    No...
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  • src1
    src1 Posts: 301
    I built up a pair of carbon rims from light-bicycle for a friend last year. They seemed well made to me, easy to build up true, in fact, just as easy to build as an Archetype IME.

    http://www.light-bicycle.com/wider-700C ... NMbKpj46rU
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    If a rear wheel is built well it should never need truing too. Internal nipples are a silly idea anyway best avoided as all they give is extra hassle.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    I have ordered one of the dymag rims in the 24 hole config.

    I have a tune hub that is sitting around and is 24 hole.

    I was thinking 1 cross is there any obvious reason not to lace this way?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    jimwalsh wrote:
    I have ordered one of the dymag rims in the 24 hole config.

    I have a tune hub that is sitting around and is 24 hole.

    I was thinking 1 cross is there any obvious reason not to lace this way?

    Is that because Tune don't want you to lace radial?
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  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    tune rate the 16-28 hole mig hubs as being suitable for radial...

    but going by the spoke markings on the flanges it was laced 1 cross. I thought that it might be better to do the same lacing pattern as it might be less likely to fail?
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,321
    jimwalsh wrote:
    tune rate the 16-28 hole mig hubs as being suitable for radial...

    but going by the spoke markings on the flanges it was laced 1 cross. I thought that it might be better to do the same lacing pattern as it might be less likely to fail?

    I have no evidence of that.
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  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    Sheldon brown says you should replace a hub the way it was the first time but I don't think it's important why would it fail. I think it is more a rule based on coincidence rather than correlation of a good sample set.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • jimwalsh
    jimwalsh Posts: 113
    ok cheers guys. will lace it radial then...

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