respoking rims

[bansheefreestyler]

hey guys. has anyone ever respoked a rim on a mountain bike or dirtbike? is it hard? i need to do it tomrorow for my mountain bike and was wondering like what to do and how should i do it and is there anything i need to know about it? does anyone have a website that shows how to do it and a certain pattern? thanks . later

ps. sorry about putting it in banshee repairs and mods. i messed up there

Edited April 14, 2005 by bansheefreestyler

[racer]

learning how was a mistake. its harder than hell, and annoying to do. but since i know how i dont wanna pay to do it. im in a jam.

[bansheefreestyler]

alright. im going to follow my fron rim on my bike. ill give it a shot tonight

[y2kbanshee9187]

Yep, thats what I did, when I respoked them, I looked at my other wheel to do it...

[chronicwatson]

ive done it just fallow the pattern on your front rim

 

what kid of bike do you have?

[broke]

You might want to try a search. I posted on this a while back. You will need to figure out spoke length depending on what cross you want, 3 cross, 4 cross, etc. A trueing stand is a must to get the rim true and round. A tensionometer, I forget what it's actually called, but you use it to test spoke tension around the rim or you'll have weak spots. The lacing is actually the easy part. There are alot of articles on the net about this. The first two are really just training your brain.. After about 5 you will be able to do them while sitting in a chair watching TV. I used to build DH race wheels for an MTB shop. The were almost as wide as a DB wheel and were disc only so I'm sure everything crosses over.

[bansheefreestyler]

haha i gaver a shot boys. i got one side pretty good and screwed up the other side. my hub is off and the rim wont spin when you have it on from hitting the frame on both sides. i am bring it to a shop tomrroow and ill hopefull be riding tomroorw when shes all said and done ill get some piks posted up of the MAD dh racer