Building a Wheel With No Spoke Holes | Tech Tuesday #214

Calvin finds a lot of joy in building a bicycle wheel. What's more, one of his friends has a fancy new rim that has Calvin more excited than usual; a rim without traditional spoke holes. A nontraditional rim means a nontraditional wheel build. Is Calvin up to the task? Watch and find out!

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[martinhayes]

Watching Calvin build these is as close as I ever want to come to having to deal with wheels without spoke holes 😂

[misterhaan]

never expected to see a homemade nipple clamp shown off on a bike tool channel, yet here we are

[NelsonSherry]

Calvin, Thank you for giving some patience perspective on some very frustrating aspects of our jobs. There is a lot to be said for accepting how challenging and frustrating a job can be before starting it so when it turns frustrating, the frustration just becomes an accepted bit of patience in the end.

[JonathanFisherS]

Calvin is the cool uncle that knows pulls quarters out of your ears, cheers you up every time you see him, and can fix literally anything.

[piotrczern]

When I came across this problem on one of the road rims around 15 years ago I used brake cable that you feed through nipple hole and push it until it reaches valve hole, than you pull it out with thin nose pliers feed the nipple and the cable will guid it to the right place. I found it much faster than magnet.

[keithgordon]

Suddenly, tubeless tape doesn't seem so bad! Also, if you use tape that is a few mm wider than your internal rim width, the tape will extend slightly up the wall of the rim on either side and is much less likely to be disturbed when installing/removing tires.

[SerPurple]

When Calvin said "I have a solution, but the first step is - ignore it." I felt that on a personal level 😂

[gergoolle]

I could watch Calvin shaking the wheel for days.

[roysmith]

Suggestion: tie a small feather to a long piece of dental floss and shove it in one of the spoke holes. Apply shop vac to the valve hole and vacuum the feather out. Then use the dental floss to pull the nipple back the other way.

[giodc]

Calvin is just good. I do enjoy watching him do his magic and he is an amazing teacher!

[xxBrainwashedxx]

Another great video! Thank you!

Pro tip: Using the attachment hose from your vacuum cleaner on the valve hole will greatly reduce the amount of shaking needed to get any loose nipples/debris out of the rim. Just make sure you use a clean vacuum bag / clean out your vacuum beforehand to make finding the sucked out object easy.

[oldshovel]

I’m intrigued… I’ll have to look into those wheels.

[hobbybike]

Looks like fun! I appreciate the creative approach to problem solving and expect to be very busy building these up if they really catch on. Thanks!

[khazza]

CALVIN JONES!!! Genius technique! Thank you for sharing with us <3

[dddtaaa]

Calvin thank you, this is one of your best. Loved the whole thing. Also have a wheel to fix (no spoke holes)

[lesmerritt]

Campagnolo having been making their wheels with "no spoke holes" for years. They provide a special steel screw that threads into the nipple and magnet.

[jimhenderson]

Amazing video, exactly what I needed.

[tweed]

This system is called MoMag and it was developed by Campagnolo a while ago. Only recently it got adopted by other rim manufacturers. Campagnolo's best kept secret.

[paisfr]

Hello Bonjour Calvin Merci beaucoup à bientôt 🖐️😊 👍

[anthonyschaus]

To anyone that is interested, including you, Calvin, I have been building tapeless rims since last fall, and have found several tricks/tips to make the process easier, but it still is a time consuming process. It is really nice when done and many times the tire holds air without using any sealant at all, but still add it for puncture healing. Look forward to hearing from anyone interested.