For $5 I figured it was worth a gamble. Pretty new to biking. Seems to be in pretty good shape. If it is worth saving I'll buy everything I need and practice building a wheel. What groupset would everyone recommend if I go that route? Appreciate the help. Hoping to make my new old bike a sweet ride. Even if it's a Frankenstein. 😅
by TalkShit123
9 Comments
It’s probably going to be more expensive to find all the parts you need then to buy it for 50$ second hand
Needs proprietary spokes and hub. You have almost no chance of building this up. Make it into a clock or some shit.
Not worth it, except as a learning opertunity.
A hub will likelly cost almost as much as a whole used wheel.
This is the right attitude! You will guaranteed fuck it up, order the wrong size spokes, buy a tool you didn’t need, lace the spokes wrong, tighten them the wrong direction and be on bikewrench here being told you are wasting your time and theirs! You will eventually then realise the wheel is the wrong size for your bike!
But have some fun and learn some stuff. Good for you.
https://preview.redd.it/vw8of0abqrfg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c90d3cebe5642eff3bcbae685edca679c08c555b
Sorry to confirm the bad news – no proprietary parts for that. …. I ride this same wheelset on ol’ 10sp. The LBS fool broke a spoke on the front, and went up through Shimano reps and all around to suppliers – who all patently refused to help locate the discontinued part (and that was one spoke!)
$5 for a used tire ain’t bad!
This will make cool lampshade. If you will not make lampshade, slang that shit for $10-15 dollars… probably some guy just wore out his rim and wants to spend $10 on this and the month getting completely annoyed until he makes lampshade.
That’s a very nice hula hoop! Great find!
Cool clock material