New Rear Wheel for GEBE

[vegaspaddy]

i have been using the $35 - 40 dollar 105 guage steel wheels from the local bike shop, they are heavy but bombproof, unlike bama i havnt had much with a problem with rust yet, but i do live in the desert !!!!!!!!

A word of warning, once you mount the drivewheel to the heavier guage spokes, thats it that ring will pretty much have to stay on their, no going back to thinner spokes !!!!!!

 

[Member 5549]

Vegas

Did that wheel come with a Cassette or did you buy one or use yours.
I have the screw on type, Trying to find a heavy rear wheel that will use my 7 gears.

There is a new bike store by my house called city cycle, they seem to have some afforadable stuff, the bike usa store seems to only have the 1000 doller range everything.. Then when you tell them you have a engine they finaly relize your not Lance !!!

I could not belive it folks were bringing there bikes in for 100 and 200 dollor TUNE UPS !!!! It was like the Cadilliac dealership...I guess a lot of riders can't handle tools, heck nowadays heavy lifting is picking up the I-Phone !!!! Makes my glad that my Dad bought my a $ 200 car in the seventies and tought me how to rebuild the engine....

 

[vegaspaddy]

Wheel (wheelmaster brand NOT THE BUILDER!!!) came buy itself, they have the screw threads which is what most of these store bikes come with.

It was an easy swap of the cassette from the original wheel unto the new one, no charge from the LBS..

Sounds like your new store is the SPANDEX type, its fun to ride up and mess with them, even though they turn their noses up, i think secretly they admire some of our crazy contraptions.

 

[SirJakesus]

Keep that attitude sean, it'll serve you well throughout your life. If you can do it yourself why pay somebody else to do it for you?
I figure if somebody else can do it theres no reason I can't learn how it's done. The only exception is the once in a while fix that requires some seriously expensive equipment. At that point you shop around and ask friends.

I could not belive it folks were bringing there bikes in for 100 and 200 dollor TUNE UPS !!!! It was like the Cadilliac dealership...I guess a lot of riders can't handle tools, heck nowadays heavy lifting is picking up the I-Phone !!!! Makes my glad that my Dad bought my a $ 200 car in the seventies and tought me how to rebuild the engine....