Rim & spokes: UK source, recommendations?

[NJS]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy rim and spokes to lace my Q128 (which finally arrived) and looking for recommendations for sources of reasonably priced components.

I need a 26"x25mm(external), 36H double-skinned black rim and 36x 212mm 14/13g black spokes and nipples.

What and where do you guys buy?

Cheers, njs

 

[Nealh]

Ebay.
I use the exal rims and get spokes from one of the uk vendors on their, good enough for all my needs.

 

[NJS]

Ebay.
I use the exal rims and get spokes from one of the uk vendors on their, good enough for all my needs.

Have you found a UK supplier for Exal rims?

My search only turns up German suppliers where the postage doubles the cost.

And Halo spokes seem to be a good price on Ebay, but I yet to find a supplier offering 212mm

 

[awol]

This company will cut spokes to any size, although not UK based.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231103012030?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

 

[Nealh]

You need to know the rim erd before you buy spokes.

 

[Nealh]

Fairly cheap rim.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rigida-Zac-2000-se-Bicycle-Rim-26-MTB-TOUR-black-32-or-36-hole/191682444691?hash=item2ca129fd93:m:mEcgtqRwnDVxR7JYuVZkO5A

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Where does 212mm come from. If you don't have a rim yet, you can't know the spoke length.

I get my spokes from this guy:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-Spokes-Niro-with-nipples-custom-made-silver/231103012030?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

 

[awol]

Where does 212mm come from. If you don't have a rim yet, you can't know the spoke length.

I get my spokes from this guy:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-Spokes-Niro-with-nipples-custom-made-silver/231103012030?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Do you know if they do black ones?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Do you know if they do black ones?

Yes, but price doesn't seem right. Need to check with supplier:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/40-Spokes-DT-Swiss-Niro-with-custom-made-nipples-black/231103012295?epid=1043780625&hash=item35ced01dc7:g:c4wAAOSwLdBaBVuG

 

[NJS]

Where does 212mm come from. If you don't have a rim yet, you can't know the spoke length.

I fed the published ERD of an appropriate Alex rim into the spoke calculator to get a feel of the required length. (I appreciate that published ERD may be inaccurate; and that ERD will vary with the profile shape of the chosen rim; but the difference will be 5mm or 10mm either way.)

What came out of it was that lots of the Ebay spoke sellers that have a drop down for selecting the length, tend to list sizes up to around 180mm, then there is a jump up to around 240mm, with nothing in between.

I assume this reflects the jump between 24" and 26"+++ standard rim /standard hub combinations; which leaves me looking for something in the gap.

It seems to be a problem peculiar to mini/geared hub builds -- the bigger DD hubs probably work well with the 'standard' 24" spoke sizes -- so as there are many here using Qute and other mini-hubs, I thought sourcing would be a solved problem.

 

[Nealh]

I have 212mm spokes from ebay, just a case of various searches to find the right seller. I think I found a seller where I chose the length I needed.

 

[anotherkiwi]

You could always buy from Germany - https://www.ginkgo-veloteile.de/ginkgoshop/en/Wheel-Accessories/Spokes-and-Nipples/Sapim-Strong-black-to-310-mm-J-bend.html

From 186 to 310 mm

 

[NJS]

Fairly cheap rim.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rigida-Zac-2000-se-Bicycle-Rim-26-MTB-TOUR-black-32-or-36-hole/191682444691?hash=item2ca129fd93:m:mEcgtqRwnDVxR7JYuVZkO5A

Thanks. I've ordered the rigida rim and found a guy in the UK that will make custom spokes without charging the earth: http://www.ryanbuildswheels.co.uk/ £17.50 for 36+nipples inc.

 

[DynatechFan]

Excellent chap (ryanbuildswheels) he sold me a bag of hex head brass nipples for my last wheel build (a tandem not ebike admittedly) for a good price. They were excellent quality - you can get a more torque on the spoke/nipple with no risk of damage