OK, this is probably a REAL dumb question, but I need to ask. I have a wheel set with Mavic OP rims laced to 32H Chris King Hubs. Spokes 14/15 laced 3 cross. The rear wheel is a no brainer when it comes to putting it on the bike. My question is........For the front wheel, does it make any difference at all which way I put it on? In other words. I have the Writing Chris King so you can read it from the front. Or, should the wheel be put on so you can read it if you are on the bike from the rear. The only reason I ask is because of the lacing of the spokes. Obviously the front wheel can be put on 2 different ways. Does it matter which way the wheel goes???? I know it may be a REAL dumb question, but I wanted to ask. Or does it matter????
OK, this is probably a REAL dumb question, but I need to ask. I have a wheel set with Mavic OP rims laced to 32H Chris King Hubs. Spokes 14/15 laced 3 cross. The rear wheel is a no brainer when it comes to putting it on the bike. My question is........For the front wheel, does it make any difference at all which way I put it on? In other words. I have the Writing Chris King so you can read it from the front. Or, should the wheel be put on so you can read it if you are on the bike from the rear. The only reason I ask is because of the lacing of the spokes. Obviously the front wheel can be put on 2 different ways. Does it matter which way the wheel goes???? I know it may be a REAL dumb question, but I wanted to ask. Or does it matter????
For aesthetic reasons, people like the QR skewer lever on the left, and the hub so that you read the brand name either from the right hand side of the bike or the rear of the bike, as applicable. From a performance standpoint, it makes zero difference.
Thanks Kerry. I always keep the skewer on the left side. Was just curious if it made a difference which way the wheel went on. In either case I would make sure the skewer is on the left. Thanks! Kevin
Actually, it's as Kerry says - read from the rear or the right side of the bike and the builder gets extra points if the name is readable through the empty valve hole.
Here I had always heard that people should put the front skewer on the drivetrain side... is this a new practice of putting front and rear both on the same side?
The skewer is the entire device, lever, rod, springs, and nut. Convention is, and has been since Tulio Campagnolo invented the QR hub, that the levers should be on the non-drive side (left side) of the bike.
Maybe I have my front wheel in backwards and it's cancelling out the rear wheel. That's prolly the reason I feel I'm not getting anywhere. I'll check that out in the morning.
I think the wheel should spin to the right for asthetics. The spokes on the out side of the hub need to spin away from the direction that the wheel is moving. If that makes any sense?
I think the wheel should spin to the right for asthetics. The spokes on the out side of the hub need to spin away from the direction that the wheel is moving. If that makes any sense?
I dunno about that but I want some that do this when I'm stopped and in Pose mode -
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