GENIUS Tip For Bikes With 2 Wheelsets

Shim your disc rotors to eliminate disc rotor rub when your bike has multiple wheelsets. Simple concept, but saves tons of time.

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[JustMikeH]

GCN Tech covered this as a tip within one of their videos a few months ago. I used to not watch them because they were so roadie focused, but I gotta admit I get a ton of useful information from them with the caveat that the best tips are often buried within videos in their Everest sized mountain of content. They also did not demonstrate how to do it.

The benefit of you making a dedicated video for this is that it's easier to find and reference, and that cannot be understated!

Keep being awesome!

[archieman]

Great Tip, you can shim cassettes aswell. I’ve done it on my trainer so both cassettes are bang on with the derailleur

[jordiw]

November is/was actually a pretty good custom wheelbuilder in New England. I feel like they’ve been less active lately, but I’m glad to see you promoting their shims. I use them on a few different wheelsets and bikes, and the system works flawlessly. Sometimes I forget that they even are on there and am surprised when I switch to another wheel/bike. Anyway, strong recommend.

[iMadrid]

World Tour teams have long been doing this for all their wheels. They have set standard size spacing for wheels and calipers to avoid rotor rubs. When swapping wheels.

[xyz]

I just had this pain when swapping between gravel wheels and deeper road wheels, this method makes perfect sense, will definitely try it out 😜

[scoops]

Nice tip, I like it! I've got 4 wheel sets being shared between a 140mm full squish and a rigid bikepacking rig, it took a little while, but I trued the rotors on all 4 to 1 bike and set the caliper on the second bike to the rotors. Has worked well with no rubbing on either bike.

[justsomedude]

I have this same issue on my rear second wheel only. I was just getting ready to search for some type of shim, so this is good timing. The Amazon seller must have been hammered with your video as when I looked, they were 3 weeks out from shipping, I found some through Boyd Cycling. Will have them Thursday.

[gbrox]

I said “beautiful” out loud when the second wheel spun freely lol

[HeyWattsUpCycling]

well made video. I used to do this until I got identical custom wheel sets which really was great when switching 4 sets of wheels between 2 or 3 different bikes same with the cassette. which isn't always 100% flawless but is 99% perfect.

[E.T_rode_bikes_As_well]

Been using washers since the centerlock was introduced lol. Local hardware shop sells the same washer for cents per piece.😂

[RicardoEscobarMontecinos]

Didn't know these existed!
I had to buy same wheels to be free of this hassle. Now I know there's a better way, thanks!!

[felixjackson]

Excellent. Overcame this issue by filing a tiny fraction off inside of the disc rotor, bringing it a fraction closer to the hub..was not aware that split washers were available though.

[brenna]

I love the illustration of the hub! Nice addition to a tutorial video :)

[hms]

Fantastic and timely. I am in the middle of this issue now.

[thrawed]

Rotor shims are great, I got mine off a czech guy on ebay but I hear jagwire does them too nowadays. My technique is to measure the distance from the lockring to the end of the end cap (assuming they're using the same lockring), the difference being what you need to shim. You can also do the same with cassettes for your wheelsets/turbo trainer. Some people will put up with having to adjust the tension/limit screws everytime they put the bike on the turbo, but not me...

[warrenyoung]

1. Aim for thinner shims. You probably need less than you might guess.

2. Try a bearing (engineering) supply shop. You might get more choice and spend less than with online / bike stores.

[petersouthernboy]

Cool. Much appreciated. I run two wheel sets on my Revolt.

[austinspl]

I've been swapping over whole wheel fork brake and cable as an assembly. Gets me from MTB to dad bike in about 5 minutes. Wish I'd have thought of this before I tracked down a wheelset with the same hubs, would have given me a lot more options.

[byrondixon]

Yes totally worth it. Hate having to adjust discs when swapping wheels. Adjusting pads on cable discs is easier of course and it's another argument to #savetherimbrake 😎

[rcbigdaddy]

Beautiful. Ordering some shims because I have the exact same problem! Thanks!!!!