I like the IDEA of swapping wheelsets for different surfaces, but I never do it.
I have two bikes that can use the same wheels (Quickbeam and Ross, 120mm 700C). I change the wheels around sometimes, but it's a long-term (multi-month) switch, and I've only ever put IGH hubs on the Quickbeam (S3X and Sachs Automatic 2 speed). If I put an IGH on the Ross, that would free up its fixed wheels for different tires on the Quickbeam, but I tend to just ride a fattish tire, and take it everywhere. If I did do a lot of wheel swapping, I'd want to rebuild all my wheels with the same rims to make brake adjustment less of a hassle. And probably sell the SON and buy another Nexus dynamo, since the connector is so much easier to deal with. Philip www.biketinker.com On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 4:55:01 AM UTC-8, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > If you have them, how often do you take advantage of multiple wheelsets on > a bike? So far in my bike tinkering I have usually been limited by > multiple wheel sizes or rear drop outs to making each build a stand alone, > frame specific function. I have this thought that significant > interchangeability among multiple bikes would be some kind of nirvana... > I'm curious to hear anyone who has it or has at some point had it on > whether you really took advantage of it. > > Right now between 6 active bikes and a tandem (two are my wife's) I have > 27"(1), 26"(2), 700C(2) and 650B(2) wheel sizes and 130/135 OLD > represented, among those 3 or 4 bikes could fit the wheels off of one other > bike but in practice I'm not doing any wheel swaps as each one is built up > and shod with a tire that matches the frame's intended function and I don't > have any spare wheelsets at present. > > Tony > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
