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New wheels - rough cost?
Has anyone had a pair of XT600 wheels rebuilt with decent components (e.g. Excel rims, stainless h/d spokes)? If so, would anyone care to give me a rough figure for the finished article? The XT's rear wheel has virtually collapsed, and I am stuck between just getting it rebuilt with new spokes to get it back on the road, or bringing forward a planned upgrade to both the front and rear wheels. A lot depends on the cost of any new wheels. My plan was to take the bike off the road for the summer and spread the cost of the stuff I wanted to do over 3-4 months, but if upgraded wheels were a little bit affordable, it would make sense to do the work now.
I'll have a go at most things, but wheel building is something I will leave to people who know what they are doing, so the cost to me will be the cost of the finished job, not the parts. A rough ball-park figure would be enough. Thanks in advance.
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16 Mar 2009
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i think you will be looking at about 400 pound for excels on stainles spokes i was thinking of doing it to go to the 18 on the back but thought it to much for a set of wheels
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16 Mar 2009
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Wow - although I suppose I should have expected about this much. OK, it's back to replacing the spokes then. Now, where was that thread about spokes ...
Cheers for the info.
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16 Mar 2009
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Just found someone who can supply spoke sets for 55 GBP for up to 40 stainless. Looks like that's the way forward ...
I'll just have to do one at a time
Central Wheel Components Limited, if it's some use.
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Give Nik at Welcome Page a shout. He did a superb job re-lacing a set of DRZ wheels for me.
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Have done just that.
Cheers.
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