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i can honestly say i'd not notice an ounce of difference caused by the beads on tyres everything else being equal.

have commuted by bike for nearly 20 years now but haven't noticed a serious rise in nutters recently. ride in maximum defensive mode planning to do every driver's thinking for them. i have always thought though that the more a rider can keep pace with the traffic the safer they are with far fewer vehicles passing and those when 'allowed' or invited by the rider.
i have noticed however (since the tour/olympics) far more people cycling somewhere in the morning. hopefully this increase of (most likely) inexperienced commuters hasn't increased the accident statistics markedly.

spoke hole diameter is 33mm

flanges are 35mm from centre.

chrina or sputnik - can use either.

i'm a long time customer of spa but i'm not sure that they are familiar with hope hubs (apologies if i'm selling you short here mr 531 colin and current staff.) got some spokes here - just looking to get the right ones if i don't have stock of the right ones when buying the rim from spa.

any help appreciated!

Brucey wrote:

mig wrote: ...got a standard hope front hub...

it might help to say which model...I'm sure there are variations....

cheers

i wish i knew!!

never can get them to work!

got a standard hope front hub and looking to build it 3x on a 32 hole chrina rim. i'm getting 296mm spokes.

anyone know any better please?

totally agree. still haven't quite figured out how he pedals the thing though!might get awfully messy in there if it's wet too but he'd be unfortunate if it was in that area!

hope he does it!

ave it..!!

what's the likeliest cause of 2 rear NDS spokes constantly going slack in an otherwise 'straight' wheel? however much this is re-tensioned, stressed, re-trued etc a pair of spokes go slack within say 3 weeks. wheel is on the 'light' end of the scale rim wise but not ridiculously so.

flat spot on rim?

many thanks for the thoughts and offers on this thread. very informative, helpful and heartening!

would love a trial yes but don't have a spare negative unfortunately. it's a really precious image for mrs mig

thanks for the replies.

i have been looking for a proper photography shop but they seem all to be victims of the digital camera age alas. i have had the megative scanned by a friend who has a quality negative scanner but the result is a little 'cartoon like' so i'd like to try a print directly from the negative.

looks like i'll have to hunt out the nearest jessops to manchester. the one i remember is no longer there methinks...

anyone any good experience of somewhere that still performs this task please?

looking for several reprints of a shot for family / sentimental reasons.

thank you

is 'weight' the most destructive force on a wheel though?

chocjohn9 wrote:Hi. If it is a long term, high mileage set you are looking for then please consider Terry Rowland.

I bought a bike with them already fitted and have been sooooooo impressed (and Ive had a load of bikes and cycle a long way each year)

They are incredibly well made, solid and smooth.

harry rowland i think you mean?

only had shimmy once on a columbus max steel framed bike with deep rimmed alu wheels(so plenty of inherent stiffness) and yes it was picking up speed on a rapid downhill. only happened the once even after riding the same set up over the same roads many further times.

very disconcerting though!