ian(conker)

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• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months, 1 week

  

  I use cargo bike for my decorating & carpentry work. I've even bought a 4-section extension ladder (ok for 1st floor guttering sometimes) which sits in top of the cargo box. I have a small van which sits on the driveway unused most weeks. Suprises me too that so few trades people use cargo bikes.

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  looks pretty cool. have you thought about a/some drain holes? If water gets in, how does it get out?

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Well tomorrow I'm going to up the tension to more like 135kgf. We'll see...

  FYI, it is 2x lacing (large hub), bare bike ir 49kg, I'm 70kg, cargo box is roughly 15kg plus whatever I'm schlepping!

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Just looked up the rim & looks like 1400N which google tells me is 142kgf. Think I need to up the tension!

  Cheers all for help

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  OK, any idea what the suggested tension should be?

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Well, i stressed the spokes & did a bit of leaning on the rims, though there wasn't much tweaking needed after doing so.

  Think I'll run it as is (just re-tensioned & trued up the wheel) for a week or so & keep my eye on the spoke tension. Also, I'll take an 11g spoke key with me. If it all stays true I'll try some this thread-lock & keep fingers crossed

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Spokes measured 2.27mm on my vernier guage. On the chart, 2.3mm was nearest and 27 worked out as 92kgf. Don't know the rim make so can't look up/ask the correct tension

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Spoke tension was around 27 on my guage. Chart measured spokes in mm so wasn't an exact match. They are pretty chunky spokes & I used an 11g spoke key.

  @Thrustvector it's an Enviolo (Nuvinci) hub, dunno rims & 36 spokes.

  I should point out that the wheel/spokes were fine for first year & I've only done about 20miles since I rebuilt the wheel. I kind of expect a bit of trueing after a few miles, but these spokes had just rattled loose.

  Can one use some type of threadlock after greasing/lacing/trueing a wheel?

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  ... also had an issue letting air out of back tyre - the self-healing tube I thought would be a good idea managed to seal up the valve! ffs

• Cargo Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 5 months, 4 weeks

  

  Anyone had issues with thick (11 guage) spokes working loose?
  About 10 miles into a 17 mile journey my UA suddenly started to wobble. First thing I checked was front tyre/wheel/steering rod, then I noticed back wheel (that I'd recently re-built) was untrue. In fact all the spokes on the drive side were so loose that I could hand spin them to tighten a bit - I didn't have an 11g spoke key with me. A friend sent me a clip saying that thick spokes have a prepensity to work loose. Is this true? If so, does that mean I need to strip the wheel down, degrease & re-lace with threadlock?