advise building rear wheel with tandem hub

Jean Andre Vallery said:

I'm searching the forums looking for advice on building a rear wheel for a
regular road bike but use a tandem hub laced to a rim. its a 700 cc tire
The regular bicycle is a lite speed firenza.
I will be pulling a bob yak trailer so I wanted a smooth rollin ride this
time.
Please reply with positive information.

Assuming no threading for a drum brake, I have a new 40 hole x 135 mm
cartridge bearing hub and it could be laced to a Velocity Dyad or
Fusion rim for a very strong wheel. I'm almost positive that the 135
spacing will go into your frame.

Jean Andre Vallery said:

I'm searching the forums looking for advice on building a rear wheel for a
regular road bike but use a tandem hub laced to a rim. its a 700 cc tire
The regular bicycle is a lite speed firenza.
I will be pulling a bob yak trailer so I wanted a smooth rollin ride this
time.
Please reply with positive information.

What sort of advice specifically are you looking for? As Paul pointed
out, you need to get the spacing right.

The advantage of a tandem hub, beyond drum threading, is a strong axle.
Are you having breakage problems with your existing axles/hubs? Are
BOB trailers hard on axles?

Mark J.

Mark said:

The advantage of a tandem hub, beyond drum threading, is a strong axle.
Are you having breakage problems with your existing axles/hubs?

The most definitive characteristic of a tandem hub, other than
tandem-specific spacing like 145mm or 160mm, is provision for 40 or 48
spokes.

Quoted message said:

Are BOB trailers hard on axles?

They load the rear axle with up to half their weight. They can apply a
bending moment to the rae axle through their QR-mounted couplings.

Chalo

Jean Andre Vallery said:

I'm searching the forums looking for advice on building a rear wheel for a
regular road bike but use a tandem hub laced to a rim. its a 700 cc tire
The regular bicycle is a lite speed firenza.
I will be pulling a bob yak trailer so I wanted a smooth rollin ride this
time.
Please reply with positive information.

Chris King 40H hub that can be easily spaced for either 130 or 135 mm.
Eyeletted & Socketed rims like Mavic T520/519/A719 and a very good build with DT or Sapim 14/15 DB spokes. Sapim Polyax nipples work very well in socketed rims to provide nipple alignment pointing straight at the hub hole of the spoke it secures.
I would also put a steel freehub body on the Chris King hub.

I have Velocity "Aero" rims 36H laced to Hadley 160mm hubs.
This rim is quite strong and relatively light weight and I have ridden
these wheels for many years without even having to re-true them. I
think the 160mm spacing which allows for a dishless wheel helps for
durability but of course you could not use this on a single bike. I
believe Velocity makes some beefier rims but I think the Aero should do
the trick unless you want to run wide tires.

Joel

Jean Andre Vallery said:

I'm searching the forums looking for advice on building a rear wheel for a
regular road bike but use a tandem hub laced to a rim. its a 700 cc tire
The regular bicycle is a lite speed firenza.
I will be pulling a bob yak trailer so I wanted a smooth rollin ride this
time.
Please reply with positive information.

Joel said:

I have Velocity "Aero" rims 36H laced to Hadley 160mm hubs.
This rim is quite strong and relatively light weight and I have ridden
these wheels for many years without even having to re-true them. I
think the 160mm spacing which allows for a dishless wheel helps for
durability but of course you could not use this on a single bike. I
believe Velocity makes some beefier rims but I think the Aero should do
the trick unless you want to run wide tires.

This probably won't work for the OP's Litespeed. Since it's titanium,
I'd bet that respcing the rear triangle to 160mm will be very
difficult.

A wheel built with 36 spokes and a Velocity Aero rim will be quite
strong, even considering the amount of dish needed to make it work with
130mm or 135mm spacing. My current rear wheel is like this (Aero rim,
135mm Deore XT hub) and it's still perfect after many miles under my
fat butt.

Jeff