Re: Buckled wheel (I'm an idiot)

[Tony Raven]

Judith wrote:
>
> I'm loath to buy a new wheel as this is a Sturmey Archer hubbed wheel
> and I really don't want to spend much money on this bike. In the next
> year or two I want to buy a new bike and am trying not to "waste" bike
> money on my current one.
>

What size wheel is it? If its a 27" (guessing from the Sturmey Archer
bit) it might be difficult to find a decent new rim.

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Tony

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Tony Raven wrote:
> Judith wrote:
> >
> > I'm loath to buy a new wheel as this is a Sturmey Archer hubbed
wheel
> > and I really don't want to spend much money on this bike. In the
next
> > year or two I want to buy a new bike and am trying not to "waste"
bike
> > money on my current one.
> >
>
> What size wheel is it? If its a 27" (guessing from the Sturmey
Archer
> bit) it might be difficult to find a decent new rim.
>

No, I think it's a 26 x 1 3/8. (I bought a new inner tube last week
but have forgotten the size already).

I unlocked the shed yesterday, in order to get my bike out and see what
I could do to the wheel, and we had the most torrential thunder,
lightening and hail storm I've seen in ages..... so I left the bike in
the shed and still haven't looked at the wheel. I did check that my
spoke key fitted, however. It would seem that not all of my spokes
have the same size nipple, but I have five or six different sizes on
the spoke key so I should be able to do the job. (And I've printed out
some instuctions that someone posted here a few months/years ago.)

Judith

 

[Judith]

No, I think it's a 26 x 1 3/8. (I bought a new inner tube last week
but have forgotten the size already).

I unlocked the shed yesterday, in order to get my bike out and see what

I could do to the wheel, and we had the most torrential thunder,
lightening and hail storm I've seen in ages..... so I left the bike in
the shed and still haven't looked at the wheel. I did check that my
spoke key fitted, however. It would seem that not all of my spokes
have the same size nipple, but I have five or six different sizes on
the spoke key so I should be able to do the job. (And I've printed out
some instuctions that someone posted here a few months/years ago.)


Judith