07-14-2015, 08:48 PM
Rear wheel has different length spokes on the left and the right (usually only about 2mm difference) - VERY important to keep lefts and rights separated, and grab the correct one. This is the only thing you really have to pay attention to.
As the wheel gets tensioned, the left (non drive side [NDS]) will end up with about 70% of the tension of the right side (DS).
In either case, plan on having to take the 2nd wheel you build partially apart due to something like using the wrong set of holes in the rim. On the 1st, people go really slow, and triple check everything. On the 2nd, people try to go a little faster, and end up making small mistakes.
Rear hub - what is your drop out spacing (aka Over Locknut Dimension O.L.D.) If it is 135mm, you are in luck - lowest cost rear hubs are 135mm. 130mm is another possibility. And there are less common O.L.D.s.
Make sure that you use all the same spokes - they need to be the same stiffness for a wheel to work correctly. DB (double butted) spokes give a bit more compliance than SS (straight gauge), which results in a stronger wheel. The spokes themselves are not stronger, the little extra compliance results in loads being better spread out over more of the wheel and not concentrated.
For these particular hubs and rims, the rear uses 288mm spokes on the right and 290mm on the left; front uses 290mm only.
135mm rear in black: http://www.niagaracycle.com/categories/hub-rr-wm-mt1110-qr-sf-9scas-48x135-sb-bk out of stock in silver. I did not check if they have the 48H front black in stock or not.
As the wheel gets tensioned, the left (non drive side [NDS]) will end up with about 70% of the tension of the right side (DS).
In either case, plan on having to take the 2nd wheel you build partially apart due to something like using the wrong set of holes in the rim. On the 1st, people go really slow, and triple check everything. On the 2nd, people try to go a little faster, and end up making small mistakes.
Rear hub - what is your drop out spacing (aka Over Locknut Dimension O.L.D.) If it is 135mm, you are in luck - lowest cost rear hubs are 135mm. 130mm is another possibility. And there are less common O.L.D.s.
Make sure that you use all the same spokes - they need to be the same stiffness for a wheel to work correctly. DB (double butted) spokes give a bit more compliance than SS (straight gauge), which results in a stronger wheel. The spokes themselves are not stronger, the little extra compliance results in loads being better spread out over more of the wheel and not concentrated.
For these particular hubs and rims, the rear uses 288mm spokes on the right and 290mm on the left; front uses 290mm only.
135mm rear in black: http://www.niagaracycle.com/categories/hub-rr-wm-mt1110-qr-sf-9scas-48x135-sb-bk out of stock in silver. I did not check if they have the 48H front black in stock or not.
Nigel
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