Can These Light Bicycle Wheels Replace My Own Wheel Builds?

This is a big deal for me, I've never quite trusted other people's wheel builds but Light bicycle claim their builds can compete with the best so let's see if this is true!

The models I'm using are:

Thanks for watching

[dansacco]

Plot twist: Ali got a job at light bicycle, built his own wheels, then had them shipped to his house.

[imnotgivingmynametoamachine]

This was really informative and did not feel like an ad! I'm glad you are getting good sponsors and they couldn't get a better wheel building critic.

Maybe they would invite you to see their wheeling building process? I think that'd be a lot of fun to watch.

[markpeterson]

Great segment Ali. I am starting to build my own wheels and I always enjoy your videos on wheel building. Well Good Sir. - M

[SuperRiderTV]

Nice shirt! :) Wheels look great, too...well done!

[mrmagoo.]

some of the information in this is gonna come in pretty handy, Love the weave on them Rims too, Gorgeous.

[LongPeter]

Off topic feedback on the new workshop as a filming space:

Curtain looks good. Medium grey was the best choice by far. Well done!

Lighting is a little bit too overhead for my liking but perfectly serviceable for non-pedants :p The white walls help but some LED panels lower down may tame the office-cubical effect. High CRI video lights for preference. Keep your frame paintwork looking rich and sexy and your skin tones looking human.

Sound is clear but you do have noticeable room reverb. Hard to avoid inside a cube. Some sound absorbers on the walls and ceiling would help but you can also do a lot in software. iZotope's De-Reverb module is meant to be pretty decent if you'd prefer to tackle it with mouse-wiggling rather than DIY. It's also less flammable than closed-cell foam.

[edstorey]

Thx Ali great video. Tried the foot for myself after watching and I like it better than my old bench press n spin method. My foot could feel the wave !

[aldrinclementina]

Cool, This will fit perfectly on my Giant XTC1, which I'm getting back on the trails.

[sapinva]

How do you decide how much tension to put on the spokes, and how do you feel about tuning by pitch? I feel the same about other people's wheels. None of mine have ever failed, while my experience with other's builds is mixed at best. Spank laces a pretty decent wheel. To be fair, those light bicycle rims are so stiff and round right out of the box, all you really have to do is tension the spokes the same before even bothering to spin. I'm using those same 26" LB rims (enduro weight) on my trials bike. They were absurdly easy to true.

[ericm]

Hey Ali Clarkson! I love wheel building and wheel building vids so thanks a bunch! Are the ebike wheel spokes thicker guage? Are any of the spokes in any of the wheels butted? Ride ride ride!

[ryanliversage]

Most awesome, video. Power testimony to Light Bicycle true heart at the core . Building amazing products, keeping us riding harder and longer .

[nathaniel__moore]

Couple questions for you Ali-
Is stomping on the wheel to prestress it bad for the freehub side?
How tight should the spokes be on lightbicycle rims? Mine feel a lot looser than they used to on inspired rims.

[ndrdst]

Free rims and spokes clinic! Thanks, Ali!

[richardgracews]

I've been running light bicycles rims I laced on Chris King hubs on my old S works team DH for years now very happy

[ironeinar]

Wow, that was a pretty damn cool advert. Actually very entertaining to watch and now I really want some of those rims for my enduro... Those damn good adverts are going to make me poor someday...

[John.shrewsbury]

Best rims out there. Can’t fault them in any way 👌🏻

[ashleytombs]

Wow those 26 Look absolutely epic along with the price you’ll be paying for them almost as epic is the sound of those I-9 hubs at 2:05 hand me a box of tissues please lol

[kasparondrej]

That's the way how sponsored video should look like! Cheers, Ali!

[Speedy.V]

Do I need to remove my tire to retension my wheels or do I just deflate the tire and then tension the rim?

[ExplosiveNotes]

Nice, but what does CuteFeef think about cardboard boxes those wheels came in?