Re: [CR]Re: Wooden Rims

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

In-Reply-To: <e.96e8576.27ce87cb@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:19:24 -0700
To: GRIFFKS@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Monkeyman" <monkey37@bluemarble.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Wooden Rims


>.........can any enlightened members advise on the building of the above,
>having purchased a set of 70's (NOS)Wooden Rims at a local cycle jumble I
>have had them recently built up. The wheelbuilder said he didn't want
>to tension too tightly as he felt that being wood the spoke nipple head would
>embed deeper in the rim, my thoughts later was maybe to put a small washer
>in place beneath the nipple head prior to lacing therefore giving a greater
>diameter. Would this have been normal practice?
> Don't say try different nipples as the extra long
>type designed for these rims were extremely difficult to track down!!
>Meanwhile the spokes do feel "twangy"
>...........any ideas anyone?

Long nipples and washers are the key to building wood rims. Spoke tension was lower back in "the day" and I can't give you any real actual numbers since my tensiometer is in my fingers, but my guess is one half to one full turn less than modern tight. I don't know what nipples you're looking for but DTs still come in 16mm which should be fine.

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