48 spoke trials rim

That's great..people are busting their 36 spoke trials rims all the time
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Yeah, I dont personally see a great need for that myself. but if people
are willing to buy it thinking it's a ton better, ok.

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I had the option of getting some 48 hole hubs done by Profile, but not a
single person decided to get one. The demand or need is simpy not there.

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I don't think there is a need for the 48 spokes, it's just that the
Torker comes with a 48 hole splined hub and a cheap 20 inch rim. To be
used with trials tires, a 19 inch/48 hole rim was needed.

I think that’s great news about the Alex rim. That would be a nice
trials setup if you get the Alex rim and a wide frame and trials tire.

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you can skip holes on the hub, and lace it to a 36 hole rim nicely

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Yeh, my 19" Monty rim (36 hole) hasn't yet gone out of true after lots
of drops. I don't like adjusting spoke tension, etc on a regular 48
spoke wheel because it's so cramped...I hate to think what it'd be like
with a 19" rim. Not that I adjust my spoke tension all that often.

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will a trials tire FIT on a stealth torker frame? I'm guessing that if
it's one of the unicrown style ones it won't fit, but if it's one of the
newer, flat crown ones with a splined hub, it might work.

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hopeful said:

*will a trials tire FIT on a stealth torker frame? I'm guessing that
if it's one of the unicrown style ones it won't fit, but if it's one
of the newer, flat crown ones with a splined hub, it might work. *

The word on the grapevine is that the frame is too small to fit a trials
tire. But then again, Yuni frames are cheap.

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Yes it is the new 24" Torker with splined cranks. The frame is plenty
wide enough and only about 1/2" taller from bearing holders to bottom of
crown than our Summit appears to be. The 20" framed Torker would not
work at all. The seat post is the same as the Summit at 25.2mm and the
frame is beefy, but not excessively so. I'll weigh the various
components when I disassemble it in preparation for final reassembly.
The cranks are beefy and look confidence inspiring. The crank shaft is
round.

I'm sure some are wondering why I'm going to this trouble. Frankly,
it's mostly just for fun to see what I'll end up with. However, an
e-bay Torker runs $149.00 before shipping. Tire, tube, rim and spokes
plus wheelbuilding fee will run about$120.00 and $25.00 to ship the uni
adds up to just under $300.00 for what I'm guessing will be an excellent
trials mount that is somewhat unique.

A KH or Onza will cost you almost $400.00 plus shipping, so maybe I'll
take the extra cash and buy a carbon fiber seat-base and magnesium Primo
tenderizers, and lighten it up a bit.

Anyway, I'll keep you all posted as to how it goes and put up pics when
it's done!

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If the Torker DX hub/cranks hold up, that sounds like a good trials
machine.

Anyone riding the Torker DX hub/cranks really hard?
Any problems with them yet?

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elmer said:

*The seat post is the same as the Summit at 25.2mm *

its 25._4_

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Well, yours might be. I had both of mine turned down in a lathe to
25.2mm to make them go in easier😄 That, and my memory ain't what it
used to be.

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