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I've found out that there is an Alex DX 32 rim with 48 spoke holes
available for my Torker 24" trials conversion. The Torker comes with a
48 spoke set-up, but there seem to be no 48 spoke 19" rims available in
the U.S. :( This, however may soon be remedied:cool: John Drummond
says that he is going to order a shipment of them which should arrive in
about three months. In the meantime I've ordered one from Municycle.com
in Germany. I think the 24" Torker is going to make an excellent trials
mount, once converted, and when rims are available this conversion will
really open up another inexpensive, high quality trials option:D


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That's great..people are busting their 36 spoke trials rims all the time
:rolleyes:


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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.

Daniel


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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 wrote:
> *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.

Daniel


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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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