BIKE: Re: maintaining wheel strength

[Mike Librik or Amy Babich]

Que wrote:

> Ditto to that,I built a traditional touring frame and built it up for
> a fellow that was 6'6" and weighed 320 lbs to tour China on and we
> used 48's with cross 3 and he spent a year banging around over there
> and the wheels held up.

Still, I think the primary concern is that the wheel be properly
maintained. If funds are limited, one can just buy a stock wheel from a
bike shop, get it trued and tensioned at the time of purchase, and take
it in for service every 6 months or so.

I will note that simple truing can be done with nothing but a spoke
wrench, but the full treatment requires a good truing stand, dishing
gauge, and spoke tension gauge, totaling to several hundred dollars. One
should not take this job on oneself without these tools.

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Mike Librik
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