The Speaker Guy
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- Jan 5, 2012
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Hi
had a project with 24" wheels which begs for electrification, but nobody stocks 24" cruiser wheels with motors, especially front, which is where we are putting our motor.
A quick look at the Magic Pie motor shows the spokes are not evenly spaced around the hub, they are grouped in sets of 4, with longer spaces between the groups. Yikes, this would not work in a spoke length calculator! However, the wheel is factory laced as cross 0, and the 26" rim is a deep V. If I change to cross 1 pattern on the spokes, it may be close enough for me to determine the actually length spokes I need.
So, both wheel got torn down. The deep V rim took 45 minutes because the heavy motor, short spokes, and deep V prevents access to the top of the spoke nipple to accelerate loosening. The 24" wheel took 10 minutes to disassemble. The spokes on the MPIII wheel were 13g, the spokes on the 24" cruiser wheel were 12g.
So I took the short spokes and MPIII hub, and started my Cross 1 pattern into the cruiser rim. Guess what? A perfect fit. It took about an hour to lace, tighten and true the rim. Tonight this gets put on the bike!
had a project with 24" wheels which begs for electrification, but nobody stocks 24" cruiser wheels with motors, especially front, which is where we are putting our motor.
A quick look at the Magic Pie motor shows the spokes are not evenly spaced around the hub, they are grouped in sets of 4, with longer spaces between the groups. Yikes, this would not work in a spoke length calculator! However, the wheel is factory laced as cross 0, and the 26" rim is a deep V. If I change to cross 1 pattern on the spokes, it may be close enough for me to determine the actually length spokes I need.
So, both wheel got torn down. The deep V rim took 45 minutes because the heavy motor, short spokes, and deep V prevents access to the top of the spoke nipple to accelerate loosening. The 24" wheel took 10 minutes to disassemble. The spokes on the MPIII wheel were 13g, the spokes on the 24" cruiser wheel were 12g.
So I took the short spokes and MPIII hub, and started my Cross 1 pattern into the cruiser rim. Guess what? A perfect fit. It took about an hour to lace, tighten and true the rim. Tonight this gets put on the bike!
