Re: [CR]relacing used hubs

(Example: Production Builders:Cinelli)

Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:15:57 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: "Howard Darr" <hdarr@localnet.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]relacing used hubs
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Steven would know better than me, but I would say changing the direction of force on the spoke hole increases the odds of cracking. Certainly it has been done many times and not every hub failed. I believe it is okay to go from heads in to heads out with the spoke still pulling the same direction, even endorsed by Campagnolo. When I first started wheel building I would always relace wheels the way I prefer it. Now if it is a used hub I lace it the same way it was originally laced. From what I have read none of the heads in/out, pulling/pushing stuff really matters to wheel durability anyway.

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA

On 2/5/07, Howard Darr <hdarr@localnet.com> wrote:
> I would be interested in an answer. The person who taught me to build
> wheels thought that once a hub was marked it had to be built that way. If
> not the flange large or small would have a high probability of cracking.
> Using a file would not help.
>
> Urban legend or true. Enquiring minds would like to know.
>
> Howard Darr
> Clymer 5 below here PA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <marcus.e.helman@gm.com>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 8:51 AM
> Subject: [CR]relacing used hubs
>
>
> >I am going to lace up some wheels on a pair of used Campagnolo Record
> > hubs. There are marks around the spoke holes that indicate how the hub
> > was laced before. I prefer to lace my wheels so that when looking at the
> > left flange of the rear wheel from the left side of the bike, a head-down
> > spoke at the top of the flange points toward about 10:00 on the rim. This
> > hub was laced the opposite way: a head-down spoke on the left flange would
> > point at 2:00.
> >
> > Question 1: Is it better to relace the way the hub was laced before, or is
> > it ok to switch directions?
> > Question 2: the spokes must have been pretty tight before, since some of
> > them have dug up little ridges. Should I file or sand those ridges down?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Marcus Helman
> > -2 degrees in Huntington Woods, MI