I just inherited a gem of a wheel. It's a rear Superbe Pro Hub laced to a Mavic GEL280 rim with Hoshi bladed spokes. It's 28hole, 2x both sides. The wheels looks to have been barely ridden; there is no wear on the rims.
My question is could I take the wheel apart and relace the rim and spokes to another hub. I'd like to race on it, but use Shimano 9spd.
I'm sure this presents issues, of spoke length. I'd like to relace it to an Ultegra hub.
I just inherited a gem of a wheel. It's a rear Superbe Pro Hub laced to a Mavic GEL280 rim with Hoshi bladed spokes. It's 28hole, 2x both sides. The wheels looks to have been barely ridden; there is no wear on the rims.
My question is could I take the wheel apart and relace the rim and spokes to another hub. I'd like to race on it, but use Shimano 9spd.
I'm sure this presents issues, of spoke length. I'd like to relace it to an Ultegra hub.
Thanks.
You can do it if the hub accepts bladed spokes. I advise you to keep the spokes in the same relative position on the new hub. Spoke holes are 44.5 mm diameter on the Suntour and 44 mm on Shimano. Shimano has more separation on the flanges.... so the spoke length may be an issue. You can always do a spoke calculation and compare. sheldonbrown.comspocalc.xlsOpen ↗ is a good place.