I am about to build a set of track wheels, i am a light 140lb person and i am thinking doing radial front 3X rear. i have a pair of miche primato large flange hubs and a pair of matrix ISOc matrix semi-aero rings. After looking around i have found a bunch of helpful spoke calculator but i couldn't find a database for specs of my parts. i couldn't find it in "the bicycle wheel" book.
does anyone happen to know them here?
I plan on using 160psi clinchers, and this set will be used only in a velodrome. anything i should watch out for? This will be my third time buliding my own wheels. The first two times i was doing it with an expert watching over my shoulder.
I am about to build a set of track wheels, i am a light 140lb person and i am thinking doing radial front 3X rear. i have a pair of miche primato large flange hubs and a pair of matrix ISOc matrix semi-aero rings. After looking around i have found a bunch of helpful spoke calculator but i couldn't find a database for specs of my parts. i couldn't find it in "the bicycle wheel" book.
does anyone happen to know them here?
Some of the online spoke length calculators will tell you how to measure the ERD of the rim etc.
If you go radial at the front, check the hub flange for cracking before each session on the track. Most hubs aren't designed to take spoke tension pulling straight outwards, and occasionally a section of the flange will break right off. Not *quite* as serious on a track bike, as there's no brake to grab the rim as the wheel goes out of true, but not something you want to experience, all the same.
