I do a lot of work for a trike manufacturer and they said they would build be a wheel if I got the bits

 So, what do you think

What is a good single speed rim hub spoke combination?

mamos
 

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carpe scrotum

If you didn't build it, you don't own it.

Is this for road or mtn?

I'm having a rear wheel built up right now using the ENO SS hub with a Mavic XC717 rim - should be a pretty nice wheel when done

 

Good point well made

It is a road bike  http://singlespeed.net/CS/forums/1890/ShowThread.aspx#1890

mamos 

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carpe scrotum

If you didn't build it, you don't own it.

Velocity rims are in right now. Might check them out

Hey Rzims, watch that White Inductries ENO stuff. It's well engineered, but the raw polished surface can be a real problem long term in the wet. I had some of the WI cranks. The surface of the alloy blistered, causing cracks. Raw polished (non-anodised) alloy on a mountain bike has got to be bad idea - unless you live in Arizona, or somewhere else where it never rains. I also have a White Industries ENO freewheel. That seizes solid after wet rides, and has to be freed off with machine oil. I guess the guys at WI never ride in the rain. In England we almost never ride without rain!

I like skinny '14/17G' butted spokes, such as DT Revolution or Sapim Lazer, which are 2.0/1.5/2.0mm diameter. Normal '14/16G' spokes are 1.8mm in the middle. Revolutions and Lazers look funky and save a bit of weight. The additional expense is negligible if having a really good set of wheels built.

I've settled on Mavic rims. Good quality, wide range for different applications, no availability problems. FRM hubs work for me. They're super light and well sealed - with almost no bearing drag. Mine are the older ones that use a genuine Shimano freehub body unit, so there are no spares availability problems. Try getting a freehub or spares for some of the current OEM hubs (usually made by Joytech in Taiwan), it's not easy.

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I am thinking of using Mavic hubs for road wheels but I've been trying to find second hand single speed hubs to keep the price down, is there anything I should look out for?

What about this set up http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLqrymode.a4p?f%5FProductID=9696&f%5FFullProductVersion=1&f%5FSupersetQRY=C286&f%5FSortOrderID=1&f%5Fbct=c003154c003137c003535 Any good for the money or would I be better off buying separate hubs, rims and spokes and having a wheel made? mamos

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carpe scrotum

If you didn't build it, you don't own it.

Just use a standard 9-speed cassette hub with a spacer kit and a single sprocket. Use a spacer kit with lots of thin ones, rather than two big ones. Thin spacers allow you to play with chainline, and therefore minimize BB width to reduce Q-factor. In fact, don't buy spacers - just ask your local bike shop to save all the worn, scrap cassettes and get the spacers out of those. Surly single sprockets are nice, but the On-One equivalents are just as good at half the price.

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I would like a flip flop hub so I can go fixed some times mamos

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carpe scrotum

If you didn't build it, you don't own it.

devoid_punk:

Hey Rzims, watch that White Inductries ENO stuff. It's well engineered, but the raw polished surface can be a real problem long term in the wet. I had some of the WI cranks. The surface of the alloy blistered, causing cracks. Raw polished (non-anodised) alloy on a mountain bike has got to be bad idea - unless you live in Arizona, or somewhere else where it never rains. I also have a White Industries ENO freewheel. That seizes solid after wet rides, and has to be freed off with machine oil. I guess the guys at WI never ride in the rain. In England we almost never ride without rain!

 Thanks for the heads up - I went with the black hub so hopefully that holds up better. The seizing after getting wet issue has me a little concerned though. I went with an upgraded hub so I wouldn't have to deal with these types of issues. I have a Surly now that I've pretty well trashed.

What about these?

 

http://www.halorims.com/HaloNew/hotproducts.html

 

mamos 

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carpe scrotum

If you didn't build it, you don't own it.

 

rzims wrote:  Thanks for the heads up - I went with the black hub so hopefully that holds up better. The seizing after getting wet issue has me a little concerned though. I went with an upgraded hub so I wouldn't have to deal with these types of issues. I have a Surly now that I've pretty well trashed.

 

Black anodised should present no problems. There doesn't seem to be any thread-on freewheel available today that can survive British (very wet and muddy) conditions. I used Shimano before the WI. Shimano MX30 freewheels seem well made, but BMX is a dry weather sport, so the sealing isn't adequate for regular wet XC use. Shimano freewheels tend to last me one season or less before they start to slip or seize solid. I've learned the warning signs over the years, and now tend to change them as soon as they begin to make any unusual noises. That's why I've settled on Shimano 9-speed freehub bodies with spacers for SS where ever possible. They're relaible and can easily be replaced. I'm going to try a Hope (made in England) SS rear cassette hub on my new 29er. That should be sealed well, and spares availability is unlikely to be a problem. There's only one way to find out, and next winter will be a good test.

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Well, the wheel is built up and on the bike. Last night was the test ride.

Did a nice fast 15 mile loop with some pretty good climbs and the new wheel rides like a dream.

Don't need to worry about wet and muddy for a while, now it's dust over hardpack.

Wheel rolls nice and fast.