It’s my first time building a wheel. I’ve laced the the spokes to the hub and rim but I have NOT tensioned and trued yet.
When I popped the hub into the dropouts just to see what it would look like out of curiosity, I noticed the wheel sits way closer to the left portion of the frame than the right.
I know this can be typical in some frames, but this is a pretty standard vintage aluminum GT frame.
Am I missing something? Did I measure the spoke length wrong? Will the rim be centred once the spokes are tensioned and the rim is trued?
GenericName187 on
Flip the wheel around to make sure it’s not the frame.
Are you using a truing stand or a dishing gauge?
Monkey_Fiddler on
You will often but not always need shorter spokes on the drive side of the rear wheel because of the dish.
Basically: measure well, measure twice, put it in a spoke calculator (I like Roger Musson’s and highly recommend his book) and don’t mix up left and right when you’re lacing.
There is a good chance this all works fine, just tighten the drive side nipples more than the non drive side. If the spokes poke out of the nipples more than a few threads that’s a good sign the spokes are too long.
It looks roughly right at the moment, nothing looks way too loose, so keep going.
chilean_ramen on
yes. easy to fix. the gear side spokes has more tension (turns on the spoke), if you made the wheel for yoursef, give the gear side spokes a few turns, so that it is centered, then you can adjust the tension of all the spokes.
usrname2shrt on
Now that you have your question answered, I have one for you; what is that sick paint color?!
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It’s my first time building a wheel. I’ve laced the the spokes to the hub and rim but I have NOT tensioned and trued yet.
When I popped the hub into the dropouts just to see what it would look like out of curiosity, I noticed the wheel sits way closer to the left portion of the frame than the right.
I know this can be typical in some frames, but this is a pretty standard vintage aluminum GT frame.
Am I missing something? Did I measure the spoke length wrong? Will the rim be centred once the spokes are tensioned and the rim is trued?
Flip the wheel around to make sure it’s not the frame.
Are you using a truing stand or a dishing gauge?
You will often but not always need shorter spokes on the drive side of the rear wheel because of the dish.
Basically: measure well, measure twice, put it in a spoke calculator (I like Roger Musson’s and highly recommend his book) and don’t mix up left and right when you’re lacing.
There is a good chance this all works fine, just tighten the drive side nipples more than the non drive side. If the spokes poke out of the nipples more than a few threads that’s a good sign the spokes are too long.
It looks roughly right at the moment, nothing looks way too loose, so keep going.
yes. easy to fix. the gear side spokes has more tension (turns on the spoke), if you made the wheel for yoursef, give the gear side spokes a few turns, so that it is centered, then you can adjust the tension of all the spokes.
Now that you have your question answered, I have one for you; what is that sick paint color?!