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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
wheelbuilding-series `C`-have i messed up?
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<blockquote data-quote="1660bob" data-source="post: 23947" data-attributes="member: 366"><p>Thanks for the info Chaps, I assembled the front wheel loosely in what I now know to be the correct pattern and it fell together and looks and feels right, (you`re dead right Peter, wheel building demands undivided attention-something I did not give last week and the result- a foul up!!).Its true to say that the front (20")assembles better than the rear and the spokes are "happier" i.e. not interfering with each other or pulling over the edge of the spoke flange as with the rear. I agree with Jaqueline Bickerstaffes comments in MPH 602 re the rear wheel/spoke geometry- the rear wheel spoke flanges should be dished more deeply to suit the wider hub/smaller rim and should have been a different part to the front wheel ones.I think Vincents "winged it" a bit here rather than produce two types of flange.</p><p>My spokes came from Devon Rim Co. and the heads on the rears are bent at 90 degrees.The ones that I am replacing are bent less tightly, say 80 degrees,(may/may not be originals?) and they fit much better on the inners,where the Devon ones bow horribly due to that head angle,but fit better on the outside where they miss the drum(but hit the spoke flange edge)-surely a case for two different head angles?. I will contact D R Co next week and see if they will play ball with some inners less sharply bent, I`ll let you know how it goes... Thanks, Bob Cottam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1660bob, post: 23947, member: 366"] Thanks for the info Chaps, I assembled the front wheel loosely in what I now know to be the correct pattern and it fell together and looks and feels right, (you`re dead right Peter, wheel building demands undivided attention-something I did not give last week and the result- a foul up!!).Its true to say that the front (20")assembles better than the rear and the spokes are "happier" i.e. not interfering with each other or pulling over the edge of the spoke flange as with the rear. I agree with Jaqueline Bickerstaffes comments in MPH 602 re the rear wheel/spoke geometry- the rear wheel spoke flanges should be dished more deeply to suit the wider hub/smaller rim and should have been a different part to the front wheel ones.I think Vincents "winged it" a bit here rather than produce two types of flange. My spokes came from Devon Rim Co. and the heads on the rears are bent at 90 degrees.The ones that I am replacing are bent less tightly, say 80 degrees,(may/may not be originals?) and they fit much better on the inners,where the Devon ones bow horribly due to that head angle,but fit better on the outside where they miss the drum(but hit the spoke flange edge)-surely a case for two different head angles?. I will contact D R Co next week and see if they will play ball with some inners less sharply bent, I`ll let you know how it goes... Thanks, Bob Cottam. [/QUOTE]
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