Reply With QuoteI biffed it off my surly this weekend too! Bummer about your rim... I don't have anything to offer you but commiseration over the lack of skin on my hands...
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03-15-2009, 06:18 PM #1
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WTB: A burly 700c rear wheel for my surly
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The flaming surly & I had a little crash yesterday - I currently need new knee & elbow skin and it needs a new rear rim (I dented it inwards somehow)
It's a commuter bike, I don't need anything too fancy and apparently I try to take a few too many bumps at high speed on the thing 'cause it feels like a tank. The surly frame might be a tank, but apparently its wheels aren't.
The hub that's on the bike is for 28 spokes, so if anyone happens to have a burly 28 spoke rim, I could build that up.
Otherwise I'm just looking for a high spoke count rear wheel that'll take an 8 speed cassette (so I guess 135 mm spacing)... So I don't really care how heavy.
REI's got this 36 spoke count wheel for $40, so I'm guessing that's probably around the price range I'm looking at - but am willing to pay more for something sexier.
http://www.rei.com/product/770559Last edited by Cataboo; 03-15-2009 at 06:20 PM.
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03-16-2009, 11:57 AM #2
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03-16-2009, 12:34 PM #3
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I might have something for you, I'll have to check the stockroom
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03-16-2009, 12:54 PM #4
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Ginny,
I'm glad your bike's okay. Wear gloves when riding, it's better than sanded palms (of course, I had to sand a palm once before actually learning that lesson)
Zen,
Great, thanks! I was hoping someone would have some spare old wheels that they'd kept around after an upgrade.
I guess the good thing about this is that I now will definitely have a dedicated trainer wheel, with a slightly indented rim.
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03-16-2009, 01:34 PM #5
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I know... I always always wear gloves when going for a road ride, but just tooling around town.... While I always wear a helmet when cruising around town for coffee or whatever, I am often lax on the closed toe shoe thing and the gloves... I shall chock it up as a lesson learned and wear my gloves.
Glad it sounds like you have found a rim. What a bummer!
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03-16-2009, 01:43 PM #6
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Ha. I was only going to the post office!
It was mildly cold, which was probably why I had gloves.
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03-16-2009, 03:30 PM #7
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too small
They're only 26ers
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03-16-2009, 04:13 PM #8
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No worries, I'm eyeing on on ebay if it doesn't get bid up too much. And there's always REI's $40 wheel.
Thanks for looking!
