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I've a set of hope pro2 hubs which I think i can get end caps to run as 12mm bolt thru, can anyone give me a ball park figure for a build onto 650 / 27.5 rims for a gravel bike please, looking at functional and tubeless, not race lite
thanks
So you need rims, spokes, tubeless setup, and a wheel build?
At the low end, I’d guess around £150, if you get some cheeeeap rims, obvs the sky is the limit after that.
Evans used to do wheel builds for £40 an end, including spokes/nipples (double-butted/brass). I've had a few done by different branches and they've been good, strayed true and just worked.
They even returned the old spokes from the last one!
Cheapest I could find anywhere. LBS's & mail order places wanted more/the same for the labour and didn't include materials.
Not sure if still the same following Sports Direct takeover though.
Build £25... +/- per wheel
Spokes... what you pay for... 50p to £3 each
Rims ... what you pay for again.
As KeithB notes evans used to (and maybe still do) a build including crap spokes for £40 per wheel.
I’ve a set of hope pro2 hubs which I think i can get end caps to run as 12mm bolt thru
You can, as long as you have the correct axle
Local chap in Macclesfield (who is excellent by the way) charged £30 per wheel, Spokes were just over a quid each. Then there is the cost of the rims which I'd already purchased.
Cheers I'll have a look at rims
A packet of chocolate hobnobs per wheel
Build £25… +/- per wheel
Spokes… what you pay for… 50p to £3 each
Rims … what you pay for again.As KeithB notes evans used to (and maybe still do) a build including crap spokes for £40 per wheel.
Sounds about right, although I've no idea what spokes Evans use, it's not like DT comp's are exactly expensive.
Most shops charge RRP on spokes though, which is about £1 for DT Comps, whereas to buy a box is about 15p/spoke but then the shop probably had to buy 50 sizes in plain, 2.0/1.8/2.0, 2.0/1.5/2.0, 2.2/1.8/2.0, 2.0/1.8, or others buntings depending on whether they deal with roadies, downhillers, BSO's depending on what their niche's are. So 32x£1 + labor is a lot more expensive!
Rim choice, stock answer would be whatever DT is the right width and within budget, they seem to have pretty much every niche and price point covered.
Most shops charge RRP on spokes though, which is about £1 for DT Comps, whereas to buy a box is about 15p/spoke
Where can you get DT Comps for 15p a spoke? Madison charge me 4x that per spoke buying boxes of 100 at a time