ihategeeks
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- Mar 26, 2013
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I hit a pot hole(more like sink hole) which bent my stock rear 9C 26'' rim. Also blew up my tire and tube, but that is another issue entirely.
I have the newer 9C with the flat faces. Non-disc, with a 7 speed freewheel.
I have been looking at the Alex DM24 , 36 hole rim in 26" , only problem I see with it is the presta valve hole. Given the frequency with which ebike tires blow up, and the unavailability of cheap presta tubes, I wanted to drill out the hole to put Schrader tubes on it. Does anyone have experiences with this process? Know what size bit I need for the job, tips, warnings etc?
Since I will be lacing the new wheel to the motor, I have a question about dishing. I have the spoke calculator results to work with. My assumption is I am dishing one side shorter, and the other side longer. On this site for a new (flat) 9c I have found that +1mm -1mm is what is suggested, so 18 long, 18 short then?
Also, maybe someone that has bought the highly recommended Alex rim could clear up this for me. On the Alex site the ERD of the rim is listed at 544, but everywhere else where you can actually buy it, it is listed at 547.
Finally, does anyone know of a good american vendor to get 13g spokes from? And should those spokes be single butted?
I have the newer 9C with the flat faces. Non-disc, with a 7 speed freewheel.
I have been looking at the Alex DM24 , 36 hole rim in 26" , only problem I see with it is the presta valve hole. Given the frequency with which ebike tires blow up, and the unavailability of cheap presta tubes, I wanted to drill out the hole to put Schrader tubes on it. Does anyone have experiences with this process? Know what size bit I need for the job, tips, warnings etc?
Since I will be lacing the new wheel to the motor, I have a question about dishing. I have the spoke calculator results to work with. My assumption is I am dishing one side shorter, and the other side longer. On this site for a new (flat) 9c I have found that +1mm -1mm is what is suggested, so 18 long, 18 short then?
Also, maybe someone that has bought the highly recommended Alex rim could clear up this for me. On the Alex site the ERD of the rim is listed at 544, but everywhere else where you can actually buy it, it is listed at 547.
Finally, does anyone know of a good american vendor to get 13g spokes from? And should those spokes be single butted?