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So following on how to make my front wheel boost compatible...what do I need to do to re dish the wheel to compensate for the adaptors?
Will I need tools? I do not have a wheel spoke key but built a number of bikes and bled brakes but wheels apart from bearing and axel changes I have not attempted to do anything with. So how hard is the process?
So is this a opportunity to learn a new skill or just a faff I do not need if I get a different adapter set?
you do need a spoke key.ย Its fairly easy to do.ย ย loosen one side spokes half a turn and tighten the other side half a turn.ย The rim will move over to the side you tighten.ย ย do it with the wheel in the forks so can measure the gap each side.ย might needto repeat a few times ordo it a quarter turn at a time.
It's dead easy, you can even take the opportunity to tweak out minor imperfections.
Use a blob of blu tak on the forks and a cocktail stick as a gauge. As above, loosen all of the spokes on one side by a turn, tighten the opposite side by a turn.ย
To check the dishing, I take the caliper off(it can foul the DS spokes) and just flip the wheel the other way round. If it's not far enough over, do the same with the spokes again but only half a turn at a time. Repeat until it's mostly the same when mounted either way.ย
Spokey spoke keys (almost certainly the red ones) are nice to use and cheap, i don't like the Park ones. Really cheap ones tend to be horrible to hold and slip on the spokes.ย
All the above carries the caveat that it's not an ancient wheel with alloy spokes that has spent it's life in a salt bath....
I have a wheel jig and all the tools to build wheels (i used to do it as a sideline years ago).
I used the forks and a zip tie to redish my wheel when i changed the hub spacing.