Wheels from different wheelsets?
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I had a fairly minor fall on Sunday which unfortunately nevertheless resulted in the rim of my front wheel bashing against the kerb and being damaged beyond repair.
A mate has a spare front wheel from when he had a similar incident but with his rear wheel and bought a new wheelset. He's offered to give me the spare front wheel but I'm not sure if there could potentially be an issue with using wheels from different wheelsets?
My bike is a 2013 Cannondale Synapse with a Tiagra groupset - not sure what the wheels are and the bikes in the shop at the minute but I they're fairly bog standard alloy Shimano rims. His are DT Swiss, not sure what model but again I think they're alloys and probably fairly basic.
I can't see that there would be any major issue with having wheels from different wheelsets but then I'm not very mechanically minded. Is there likely to be any issues?
Any advice much appreciated.
A mate has a spare front wheel from when he had a similar incident but with his rear wheel and bought a new wheelset. He's offered to give me the spare front wheel but I'm not sure if there could potentially be an issue with using wheels from different wheelsets?
My bike is a 2013 Cannondale Synapse with a Tiagra groupset - not sure what the wheels are and the bikes in the shop at the minute but I they're fairly bog standard alloy Shimano rims. His are DT Swiss, not sure what model but again I think they're alloys and probably fairly basic.
I can't see that there would be any major issue with having wheels from different wheelsets but then I'm not very mechanically minded. Is there likely to be any issues?
Any advice much appreciated.
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I have an old Raleigh I restored.
To get it usable, I'm running a Synapse front wheel, 32 spokes and a Shimano R500 rear, 24 spokes.
Both roll as they should. Yes, it looks a little odd, but you can't see the difference when moving
Edit: A matching set will be fitted when funds allow, but until then...........0 -
How would that be different from just buying a new set of wheels?
Of course the wheels don't have to match front and back, but each wheel should have the appropriate braking surface for the brakes you've got.0 -
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Generally, there is no issue related to the use of wheels from more than one wheelset.
Using two from a group of three wheelsets (i.e. damaging a front Campag, thanging it for a Mavic and then damaging the raer Campag on the same machine and changing it for a Shimano) can result in serious stability issues, but you should be OK with just two from two sets.
However, you say that the pair include a DT Swiss rim. If this is a factory product, it is likely that it will rotate to the left. This will put it into direct dynamic conflict with the Shimano hub and rim on the rear, which are likely to have been both designed and built to rotate to the right, in keeping with Japanese customs.
You can overcome this imbalance (at least while in stasis) by mounting the tyre counter-clockwise on both rims, but only inverting the front - and in exactly that order.
The spokes can be as tight or as loose as any similar items on a non-European bicycle. Spokes are not the issue here.
I hope I have helped.0 -
Would you also suggest mounting the quick release levers on opposite sides to further balance things up?0
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No, that could lead to a cataclysmic vortexal shimmy, rendering the bike uncontrollable under certain conditions as yet undetermined.0
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Ignore this lot ^, it's obviously a slow day.
It might look a bit odd, but from a mechanical point of view it will be fine.0 -
This is absolute genuis.Generally, there is no issue related to the use of wheels from more than one wheelset.
Using two from a group of three wheelsets (i.e. damaging a front Campag, thanging it for a Mavic and then damaging the raer Campag on the same machine and changing it for a Shimano) can result in serious stability issues, but you should be OK with just two from two sets.
However, you say that the pair include a DT Swiss rim. If this is a factory product, it is likely that it will rotate to the left. This will put it into direct dynamic conflict with the Shimano hub and rim on the rear, which are likely to have been both designed and built to rotate to the right, in keeping with Japanese customs.
You can overcome this imbalance (at least while in stasis) by mounting the tyre counter-clockwise on both rims, but only inverting the front - and in exactly that order.
The spokes can be as tight or as loose as any similar items on a non-European bicycle. Spokes are not the issue here.
I hope I have helped.0 -
This is absolute genuis.Generally, there is no issue related to the use of wheels from more than one wheelset.
Using two from a group of three wheelsets (i.e. damaging a front Campag, thanging it for a Mavic and then damaging the raer Campag on the same machine and changing it for a Shimano) can result in serious stability issues, but you should be OK with just two from two sets.
However, you say that the pair include a DT Swiss rim. If this is a factory product, it is likely that it will rotate to the left. This will put it into direct dynamic conflict with the Shimano hub and rim on the rear, which are likely to have been both designed and built to rotate to the right, in keeping with Japanese customs.
You can overcome this imbalance (at least while in stasis) by mounting the tyre counter-clockwise on both rims, but only inverting the front - and in exactly that order.
The spokes can be as tight or as loose as any similar items on a non-European bicycle. Spokes are not the issue here.
I hope I have helped.
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Generally, there is no issue related to the use of wheels from more than one wheelset.
Using two from a group of three wheelsets (i.e. damaging a front Campag, thanging it for a Mavic and then damaging the raer Campag on the same machine and changing it for a Shimano) can result in serious stability issues, but you should be OK with just two from two sets.
However, you say that the pair include a DT Swiss rim. If this is a factory product, it is likely that it will rotate to the left. This will put it into direct dynamic conflict with the Shimano hub and rim on the rear, which are likely to have been both designed and built to rotate to the right, in keeping with Japanese customs.
You can overcome this imbalance (at least while in stasis) by mounting the tyre counter-clockwise on both rims, but only inverting the front - and in exactly that order.
The spokes can be as tight or as loose as any similar items on a non-European bicycle. Spokes are not the issue here.
I hope I have helped.
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