we stole our tag system from freeride, and i love the idea of spoke cards for wheels. our wheels live at the top of our shop, so we need a hook/conduit to get them down, and it sucks getting one down and realizing it's the wrong size. they are sorted, but the labels aren't kept all that up to date.
<br><br>anyway, our wheels are so high that marking them might not be a great way to sort them, just due to not being able to read them at a distance. <br><br>if we were (and we might) to incorporate a spoke card system like this, i&#39;d make ours color coded, so you could tell at a glance what size the rim is, (front and rear is easy enough by sight...), and then the specific details would go on with dry erase marker. 
<br><br>the colored paper would be good in a wheel room setup, for quick sorting, and finding of the right size/range....<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 3:44 PM, Erik Stockmeier &lt;<a href="mailto:eriks@therecyclery.org">
eriks@therecyclery.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hi all-</div>
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<div>Erik D S from The Recyclery (Chicago/Evanston) here.&nbsp; We&#39;re working on making up some laminated spoke cards for our wheel room this winter... the idea&nbsp;being to have an easy, reusable (dry erase marker) id system for wheels that can tell any major features, defects, etc.&nbsp;so that people don&#39;t have to go traipsing back and forth to the wheel room to find something that both fits a fork AND spins.
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<div>some ideas i&#39;ve had are:</div>
<div>diameter</div>
<div>ideal tire width range (c/o chart by sheldon brown)</div>
<div>hub/locknut-locknut width</div>
<div># of cogs (for rear wheels)</div>
<div>other notes (things that need tightening, loosening,&nbsp;truing, rounding, overhauling, missing spokes, oddsized&nbsp;axles, rare alloys,&nbsp;whatever)</div>
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<div>&nbsp;have any other shops done this?&nbsp; if so, what information have you found relevant to put on the cards?&nbsp; i&#39;d like to keep it simple enough to make a volunteer/work trade task without superfluous options of information--a nice volunteer/work trade task.
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<div>Thats all! </div>
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<div>thanks,</div><font color="#888888">
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<div>erik</div>
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