Re: [CR]Need spoke cutter for pre-built wheels...

(Example: Racing:Jacques Boyer)

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 06:32:12 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Need spoke cutter for pre-built wheels...
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Steve,

If you are talking about a double wall rim (ie. cutter has to reach down into a hole), I don't think such a tool exists. I tried hunting something like this down a year or so ago and came up with nothing. Nippers exist that allow clipping spoke tips that protrude into the tire well on old style single wall rims, but that doesn't help any. I have used a Dremel, but it is slow cutting and tough to avoid touching the edges of the hole. I only shortened mine to the point where I couldn't feel the spoke end with my fingertip, not all the way down to the nipple. If you haven't built the wheel yet and are sure of the correct length, why not trim all the spokes first? This I have done by marking with a Sharpie and using a Dremel with cut off wheel.

Good luck,

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ

On 8/28/05, Steve Neago <questor@cinci.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am building a set of vintage lightweight 700c tubular road wheels
> where I have a slight excess spoke threads (1/8") protruding within the
> rim after the wheel is built.
>
> To save on weight, I need to cut off the excess threads within the rim
> while the spoke is mounted. Does anyone know where I can find a tool
> that can extend within a drilled tubie rim to cut the excess spoke
> length? I vaguely remember such a tool that was shaped like a chicken
> beak used to cut these spokes when I worked in a bike shop 25 years ago.
>
>
> If one of these spoke cutters is not currently available, could you
> recommend a vintage manufacturer and model of this type of spoke cutter?
> I realize that selecting the correct length of spokes is required, but
> this is for a Teledyne Titan "weight weenie" project bike that I am
> constructing where minimal weight is needed...
>
> Thanks, Steve Neago
> Cincinnati, Ohio