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Danneaux

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Re: Thanksgiving dinner about to get under way.
« Reply #30 on: November 28, 2012, 07:03:35 pm »
Yikes. Three spokes and no spares, all broken on this fellow's Rohloff...and after a short time as well. Mechanic told him "it was the way the spokes had been cut" to fit the hub? Sounds as if a spoke-roller was used to rethread longer spokes for the application. Doesn't seem to be a Thorn he's riding, and it is an older Rohloff (label rather than lasered logo)...lots to ponder there as I've got the video on PAUSE.

Interesting story! I need to go back and find Part One and start from there.

Thanks, jags, for the link!

Best,

Dan. (...back to hit PLAY and off I go)
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Re: Thanksgiving dinner about to get under way.
« Reply #31 on: November 28, 2012, 07:12:37 pm »
well worth a look Dan he is using a koga world traveller.
gets into a lot of trouble when he hits America. ;)
mind you after he got the wheel fixed he had no more issues with it except for the usual .
enjoy.
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Re: Thanksgiving dinner about to get under way.
« Reply #32 on: November 28, 2012, 08:31:12 pm »
Quote from: JimK on November 28, 2012, 05:28:57 pm
But for you and your friend sitting in the French campground, what was it about the Rohloff that was so unconventional? Could you have gotten suitable parts locally but the whole rebuild process was different enough from your experience that you chose to have it done by experts and there were none close by? Or were suitable parts not available close by, so even an expert in building Rohloff wheels would have been stuck for that week?


 
He had a new wheel built around his hub just before leaving on the ride from UK down to the Med. The problem was with the rim the spokes were not angled correctly and just kept breaking. We did get some replacement spokes locally but they broke almost as fast as they could be fitted. It needed the correct rim which had to be sent out from the UK. I build a lot of different wheels for myself and others but was powerless to help.
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Re: Thanksgiving dinner about to get under way.
« Reply #33 on: November 28, 2012, 08:32:35 pm »
Quote from: triaesthete on November 28, 2012, 05:24:04 pm
Hi Bikepacker, Jim et al,

Rohloff brought a 36 hole hub to market as of last year:     http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=3853.msg16749#msg16749

Cheers
Ian
If I do go down the Rohlof route it will be with the 36 hole hub.
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Re: Thanksgiving dinner about to get under way.
« Reply #34 on: November 28, 2012, 09:09:42 pm »
Quote from: bikepacker on November 28, 2012, 08:31:12 pm
The problem was with the rim the spokes were not angled correctly and just kept breaking.

Thanks for filling in the details. It really helps to know where the danger areas are, what to avoid, where to be especially careful, etc.
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