Hello,
Recently I have dinged pretty bad the front rim. I have to replace it and since the whole wheel will have to be rebuilt, I removed all the spokes myself, prior to handing it over to the bike shop (I don't have a wheel truing stand nor a spoke tension reading device). Upon a closer inspection of the hub, I noticed that the spoke holes in the flanges are somewhat deformed (more than I have seen on my previous wheels). I know that the spokes will dig in a little bit in the softer aluminum flange, but this seems to be excessive. The deformation is only present on the flange face where the J bend side of the spoke resides. On the opposite side there is no damage. The holes are not ovalized (or at least don't seem to be).
The hub is a Novatec D791SB-B15 (it came with the bike).
What I'm actually trying to ask is if you think that the hub is in a good enough condition to be reused.
I tried to take the best pictures I could (unfortunately they're not that great).
Best regards, Florin
Recently I have dinged pretty bad the front rim. I have to replace it and since the whole wheel will have to be rebuilt, I removed all the spokes myself, prior to handing it over to the bike shop (I don't have a wheel truing stand nor a spoke tension reading device). Upon a closer inspection of the hub, I noticed that the spoke holes in the flanges are somewhat deformed (more than I have seen on my previous wheels). I know that the spokes will dig in a little bit in the softer aluminum flange, but this seems to be excessive. The deformation is only present on the flange face where the J bend side of the spoke resides. On the opposite side there is no damage. The holes are not ovalized (or at least don't seem to be).
The hub is a Novatec D791SB-B15 (it came with the bike).
What I'm actually trying to ask is if you think that the hub is in a good enough condition to be reused.
I tried to take the best pictures I could (unfortunately they're not that great).
Best regards, Florin
