Stan's Arch build

This Saturday, I was able to transfer over the spokes from the Delgado Disc wheel to the Stan's Arch wheel.

I did this because I can be cheap about some things. But not others.

I am liking The TA WB fork, so I built up the TA King hub that was formerly a part of the Bruja. This involved cutting the spokes to get the hub off the 26" (blech) rim, then unscrewing the spokes one at a time from the DD/King QR combo, then transferring the spoke with new nipple over to the TA hub/ Arch combo. ERD on the rim and flange height on the hub is the same, so the spokes are perfect length. I went weight weenie and saved 20 grams using aluminum nipples.

Threading the spokes was by far the most tedious part of the task. Once mounted, tensioning and truing occurred quickly for me (about an hour). I think the trick to flimsy 29"er rims is to not tension them too high, I could only get about 90 before they would start to lose tru-ness. Luckily, I learned the lesson from the very flimsy DD and didn't sweat it too much.

I would say the Arch built easier than the Delgado Disc, but not as easy as the TK 7.1 rims.

The best part was putting the rim tape on, putting a Nevegal on with 3 scoops of stans and a little water on the bead.

Aired up with no difficulty at all just using a hand pump. My easiest tubeless experience thus far, by far. No leaks at all.

I now have one wheel immune to goatheads, three to go.....when I get the time. You'd think I would just pay Ed to do it, but I can't. Just something I need to do myself. The Curtlo wheels will be easier since it is just a rim change and I don't have to pull spokes out. I could do the same for the rear of the Comandante, but then the hubs would be mismatched, and I can't have that.

On top of the puncture resistance, I figure I am saving at least 100 rotating gms per wheel, not a lot, but for my climbing every bit helps. Slapping a thorn resistant slime tube would have been a lot easier, quicker, and cheaper.