Losing my (Wheel Building) Virginity.

[Tootyred]

Nice job. How did you gauge the tension? Note ? I have heard a phone can be good with a tuning app on it. Anyone tried it?

 

[JRGSXR]

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My wheel arrived just after my last post. Set to work swapping the stx-rc hub out for the XT one. Few hours later. Job done! To be honest it wasn’t to bad. Hope you get the pics. Hope they are the right way up!

 

[Corblimeyguv]

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I just squeezed each pair of spokes as I moved around the wheel making sure they had tension in them. There were none that I would consider 'loose'.
Funny you should swap out an RC hub, my next build is an RC rear hub.

 

[JRGSXR]

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I bought two separate wheels on eBay, the rear was an stx-rc hub and the front is an LX. I wanted matching Rims and hubs. The XT were in my box of bits so I thought I’d have a go. One down (the hard one... rear) one to go, once it arrives. I got the wheel jig ages ago (£5) so thought I’d give it a whirl and see if I could save some cash. Glad I did.

 

[Corblimeyguv]

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Good for you !

If you want to pass on the RC hub i'd be interested in it as a future build
I have 1 to do but I find those era hubs easy to strip down and rebuild plus you can get new bearings if required.

 

[JRGSXR]

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If I didn’t need it I’d have let you have it for postage cost. I’ve been collecting stx-rc parts for a while now. Only a front hub to get for a full groupset. Hoping to use the full set on another build, sorry. If I come across another one I’ll keep you in mind though.

 

[Corblimeyguv]

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Hey it's fine

 

[sharp1]

Nice work.

 

[SafetyThird]

Nicely done. I've only ever trued my wheels but quite tempted to take one apart completely and try to build it back up again.