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My Dt swiss wheels 350 hubs with ally nipples keep popping off. So going to take oppotunity to replace rims, nipples and spokes so I can lighten up at same time . So I am thinking
Stans Arch Mk3 29er
Revolution 2.0/1.5 spokes
Brass Nipples that come with spokes
To go on my Trance 29er and Whyte T129 .
Would that be a sensible build ??
Seems ok to me, how hard a rider are you? Do you have a good wheel builder you trust?
Not that hard of a rider as getting a bit old to fall off now so have to be sensible.
I will build them up myself as I have done a few over the years and they seem to last better than the ones I have paid for.
If you want reliable, durable wheels I wouldn't bother with Revs - even at 60kg I found them a PITA to keep tensioned. Rebuilt the wheel with double-butted and never had to touch them again.
As above.D-lights instead of revs.
I'll second D-lights
Comps not Revs.
Comp Race seems a great option, if you can find them in the sizes and quantities that you want- but they're not so common and they're a bollocks to google for 😛 My Lightbicycle wheels used them and they've been great.
I'd second going with comps over revs.
Built a few with d lights now and happy with them, if that helps
D-lights or Alpina F1 (much cheaper)
Depends on how many holes your hub runs I would say. If its a 32h DT hub, then a 28H build on comps would only be a bit heavier (40g maybe), and much easier to live with in the long run. The reduction in cost vs. a rev build paying for most of the hub swap costs I would suspect. If its already a 28h hub then probably comp race would be my choice if going light but as Northwind says, finding them can be a pain!
Thanks for info guys ,
28 hole hubs
Those ACI Alpina F1 seem to be half the price of D-Lights any one know the spec on them ?? Had a google but not much info
ACI Spokes are good. Their nipples (ABS2) are great. PITA to source mind.
found the ACI spokes here
http://www.spacycles.co.uk/m2b66s156p2869/ACI-SPOKES-Alpina-F1-Double-Butted
Nipples are Batpower !!! are they good ??
I've been using ACI spokes (from sdeals.com which is spa cycles) for a few years now instead of DT. No issues and they're basically indistinguishable.
http://www.sdeals.com/index.php/home/wheels/spokes
If you want black ACI then cyclebasket in south wales (they have silver too)
Specs are 2.0 - 1.7 - 2.0 double butted. The D-light is slightly lighter as it's 2.0-1.65-2.0 and the 1.65 bit goes right up to the thread but they are 90p each vs 40p each for the ACI (both black)
If it turns out you need some 286mm ones I had to order a pack of 100 as they only had 288mm upwards.
Er am i missing something here? How much do you weigh please OP?
Sorry Andy 13 stone ready to ride.
The other thing is what size nipples, as I see when I play with dt swiss spoke calc the spoke length changes.
So are 12mm ones that come with those aci spokes ok ??
At 13 stone, you may be better off with d-lights. Maybe even run Comps on the drive side given the dish with 350s is awful. Revs _might_ be OK if you 'ride light', but you need to be really careful building them up to avoid wind-up.
12mm will be fine. If you change DT nipple length the spoke remains the same I thought unless you hop to a different style of nipple? Other brands often the spoke shortens if the nipple gets longer.