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Gooby
Original Poster
9,190 posts
103 months
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I want to build some superb XC wheels. The only thing I have decided on is the hubs, Chris Kings. What do I build the rest with?
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BadgerBenji
2,930 posts
87 months
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Rims and spokes would be a good idea  Depends what you are wanting them for. Can't fault your choice of hubs though, they are very nicely made.
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dudleybloke
6,824 posts
55 months
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Gooby
Original Poster
9,190 posts
103 months
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dudleybloke said: budget? Short of carbon fibre rims. Other than that strength and lightness rule. The rear hub is going to be approx £350. I am not going to spend bizarre money when good money will do the same thing. The rims have to be UST or tubeless. I also want to buy a wheel building rig and build them myself. Any tips on building would be appreciated.
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R.P.M
1,282 posts
90 months
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No tubes ZTR Arch rims and Sapim CX ray spokes.
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Sway
2,428 posts
63 months
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Gooby said: Short of carbon fibre rims. Other than that strength and lightness rule. The rear hub is going to be approx £350. I am not going to spend bizarre money when good money will do the same thing. The rims have to be UST or tubeless.
I also want to buy a wheel building rig and build them myself. Any tips on building would be appreciated.
With regards building them yourself, my recommendation would be to get a cheap set of hubs and rims, plus a couple of boxes of spokes. Practice, practice and practice some more on those. Wheel building is not simple in the slightest, and I would imagine is virtually impossible to learn well remotely. I was trained by an ex pro team mechanic, and it took several goes to get it right, even with constant supervision. It's the little things - alignment of valve hole, even tensioning without stretching the hubs or rims, dishing it correctly and stressing/destressing the rim during the build. Seeing as you're getting pretty much the nicest hubs out there, but the build is everything. I wouldn't build my own wheels now, even though I've built hundreds - I haven't done it in ten years and they wouldn't be any good at all without that practice. Don't want to put you off - I loved building wheels, probably the only truly handcrafted element of a bike. Bloody theraputic when you know what you're doing, bloody stressful and expensive when you dont!
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HowMuchLonger
2,605 posts
62 months
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R.P.M said: No tubes ZTR Arch rims and Sapim CX ray spokes. I am out of date with rim knowledge but agree with the spokes.
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MadDad
2,284 posts
130 months
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budgie smuggler
795 posts
28 months
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R.P.M
1,282 posts
90 months
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Maddad, Ztr flows would be my choice but maybe a bit overkill for OP?
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pablo
10,291 posts
142 months
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are you sure you want to use Chris King hubs for your first ever wheel build? have to say, I admire your confidence!
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