in our shop, we hang (trued, overhauled) wheels with tires and tubes already on them, and have rear wheels hanging slightly lower/in a different position than front wheels.
On Jan 14, 2008 9:35 PM, Pete Morsch petemorsch@gmail.com wrote:
Erik Stockmeier wrote:
Hi all-
Erik D S from The Recyclery (Chicago/Evanston) here. We're working on making up some laminated spoke cards for our wheel room this winter... the idea being to have an easy, reusable (dry erase marker) id system for wheels that can tell any major features, defects, etc. so that people don't have to go traipsing back and forth to the wheel room to find something that both fits a fork AND spins.
some ideas i've had are: diameter ideal tire width range (c/o chart by sheldon brown) hub/locknut-locknut width # of cogs (for rear wheels) other notes (things that need tightening, loosening, truing, rounding, overhauling, missing spokes, oddsized axles, rare alloys, whatever)
have any other shops done this? if so, what information have you found relevant to put on the cards? i'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.
Thats all!
thanks,
erik
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Erik-
I think the system sounds rad! The dry erase option is top shelf. Our shop is just getting up and rolling, but we're big fans of baling wire (that cheapy, twist-tie without the nice paper covering stuff) because, unlike zip ties or whatnot, they're good and reuse-able.
For wheels, we've just sorted things by rim size, and then overhauled hubs and trued them (slowly but surely, one right after another). Then, we tag them with a green tag (green means go, no tag means straight from the dumpster to you- it'll need some work). We're hoping that'll eliminate the need to scrounge around and guess which wheel is a hunk and which is a prize.
I like the extra info you're offering, and it really might be a great exercise for work/traders. Kudos... and we're stealing your idea...
off to the laminator...
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