Wheel building, 36 into 32: in case it's of interest to non-i-Bob-list-members.

[Patrick Moore]

Someone posted this in a discussion of lightish, rim-brake 559 rims. It might allow someone to buy 32 rims for 36 hubs, or doubtless v-v, and thus makes this sparsely populated rim field a bit more populous.

https://www.instructables.com/Lacing-Bike-Wheel-36-Holes-Hub-to-32-Holes-Rim/

If anyone has any matched pairs of ~ road-weight, ~road-width, rim-brake 559 rims for sale, please let me know. My 2 faves right now are:

1. Sun Ringle EQ 21, 360 gram, 21 mm OW, and:

2. Sun M14A "semi-aero", 19 mm OW (apparently consistency varies, but my digital scale says 360 grams to 390 grams).

But happy to look at anything 24 mm OW or narrower, and 450 grams or lighter.

Thanks.

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Patrick Moore

Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[lconley]

Love this - Thank you. I have a lot of hubs sitting around, all 36 hole and Retrogression has some beautiful NOS Australian Velocity Deep-V rims (like those on my Trek District) 700C, 32 hole only and I didn't want to buy new hubs in order to use them. I want to put the Yellow rims on my Flanker Green Rosco Bubbe V1. I don't know what to put the eyeballs on, but I have to have them.

Laing

[Bill Lindsay]

Any life lived in the absence of eye-ball patterned rims is a life WASTED.  That's just an objective fact.  

BL in EC

[Peter Adler]

But are they faster? Or do they actually slow you down, what with looking around as you ride? I mean, it's scientifically proven that orange frames are fastest*; has anyone done statistical analysis of which rim finishes are fastest? There's no other plausible explanation for the near-total replacement of silver rims with black rims.

* by Doctor Bicycle Science, who knows more than you do; he has a master's degree - in Bicycle Science!

Peter Adler

hunting for Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre streams in

Berkeley, CA/USA

[Kevin Reinking]

I'm guessing you were joking, but those painted rims would probably be a poor choice for a rim brake bike; intended for disc. really

I've often wondered about the possibility of a 32 hole rim with 36 hole hub; figured it could be done, but I've always been able to adapt or come up with an alternative to that. I am guessing that it probably depends a lot on the type or rim used, likely one with minimal offset at the spoke holes. 

[esoterica etc]

Oooh, those eyeball rims would look wicked on Leah's raspberry Platypus!

~Mark

Raleigh, NC

On Jun 21, 2022, at 12:48, Kevin Reinking <mas...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I'm guessing you were joking, but those painted rims would probably be a poor choice for a rim brake bike; intended for disc. really

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[Patrick Moore]

This just in: In another thread on the iboblist, someone called Velocity and confirmed that Velocity is willing to drill 36 holes in their A23 rim. The context was 559/26" rims, but I daresay if they'll do it for one rim they'll do it for another. Can't vouch for eyeballs.

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[Ryan]

They would indeed! and not just because of the color scheme. I'm thinking of Leah's new riding buddies...eyes agog when she first rocked that racing Platypus😊 Those rims make a statement allright. 

They'd look nice on her blue Clem as well....but not sure how long they'd last with rim brakes. Fun rims though

[lconley]

They can only drill new rims. These are NOS Australian rims, built years ago.

Laing