madmarc Posted May 31, 2023 Share 3 hours ago, dasilvarsa said: I believe he's moved to Cape Town. Sorry for me. No i'm sure he immigrated to Scotland dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted May 31, 2023 Share 4 minutes ago, madmarc said: No i'm sure he immigrated to Scotland So Who's Running the Business now, and from Where ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemmerbal Posted May 31, 2023 Share 3 hours ago, dasilvarsa said: I believe he's moved to Cape Town. Sorry for me. I dealt with Wayne a month ago, it might have changed in the interim, best bet to reach out to him, he is very responsive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted May 31, 2023 Share On 5/30/2023 at 9:12 AM, Wyatt Earp said: I know a guy. 3 hours ago, Wyatt Earp said: Jozi still has some pretty good wheelbuilders within its surroundings. Is old George from mean machine still building wheels, he used to be damn good i suspect he would have retired by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted May 31, 2023 Share 31 minutes ago, SwissVan said: Is old George from mean machine still building wheels, he used to be damn good i suspect he would have retired by now He no longer builds wheels. Doctor George, laced and built my first wheel with him in 1988. SwissVan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted May 31, 2023 Share 1 hour ago, dasilvarsa said: So Who's Running the Business now, and from Where ? What business, Rapide or the guy that’s moved to Scotland with his elongated debates ? Edited May 31, 2023 by Wyatt Earp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 31, 2023 Share 5 hours ago, dasilvarsa said: I believe he's moved to Cape Town. Sorry for me. yay for me. https://www.rapide.co.za/contact-us/ May 2023: Now In Cape Town Thanks for your patience! We are up and running in Cape Town and dispatching orders as per normal but we have not opened our office for collections and dropping off wheels for building etc. yet gemmerbal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted May 31, 2023 Share 3 hours ago, Shebeen said: yay for me. https://www.rapide.co.za/contact-us/ May 2023: Now In Cape Town Thanks for your patience! We are up and running in Cape Town and dispatching orders as per normal but we have not opened our office for collections and dropping off wheels for building etc. yet Wow!!! Wayne built a wheel for me about 4 weeks ago, didn't mention a thing about moving. Is he in the Cape (or Scotland) and did someone else take over the Rapide business in SA? Edit: He responded to my text, he is based in Cape Town now. Edited May 31, 2023 by TheoG dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadie_ Posted June 25, 2023 Share Hi guys. Advice please. I had my rear carbon wheel rebuilt with new set of spokes. Road bike. Went for a ride today and after about 10km there was a scraping noise, mostly when climbing. I later stopped and found some of the spokes were not tight and rattling (also when I rode over slight bumps in the road). Contacted the LBS who said this is because the spokes were still settling in and was told to bring wheel in to be tightened. I was not advised of this when I collected the wheel after the build. Based on this logic, all new bikes sold would need to be brought back... or are wheels properly tensioned at the factory? Is this correct; sounds odd? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks. Mtree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtree Posted June 25, 2023 Share 33 minutes ago, Roadie_ said: Hi guys. Advice please. I had my rear carbon wheel rebuilt with new set of spokes. Road bike. Went for a ride today and after about 10km there was a scraping noise, mostly when climbing. I later stopped and found some of the spokes were not tight and rattling (also when I rode over slight bumps in the road). Contacted the LBS who said this is because the spokes were still settling in and was told to bring wheel in to be tightened. I was not advised of this when I collected the wheel after the build. Based on this logic, all new bikes sold would need to be brought back... or are wheels properly tensioned at the factory? Is this correct; sounds odd? Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks. Had a new wheelset built recently and was told to bring them back after around 100km to make sure the tensions were correct and to retension anything that had worked it's way loose. After 10km it seems a bit excessive, would possibly suggest the tension was too loose to start with? Scraping noise may be tyre/rim contacting the frame under load, depending on your clearances... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadie_ Posted June 25, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, Mtree said: Had a new wheelset built recently and was told to bring them back after around 100km to make sure the tensions were correct and to retension anything that had worked it's way loose. After 10km it seems a bit excessive, would possibly suggest the tension was too loose to start with? Scraping noise may be tyre/rim contacting the frame under load, depending on your clearances... Thanks Mtree. I looked at the frame and brakes, think that the scraping is spokes rubbing against each other where they cross? Will do a few more gentle km's to get to 100 and then take back. Thanks for confirming that this is normal, but LBS should have pre-advised me, which makes this frustrating. Mtree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtree Posted June 25, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, Roadie_ said: Thanks Mtree. I looked at the frame and brakes, think that the scraping is spokes rubbing against each other where they cross? Will do a few more gentle km's to get to 100 and then take back. Thanks for confirming that this is normal, but LBS should have pre-advised me, which makes this frustrating. If it's scraping already, I would be taking them back to LBS to have things looked at. @nick_the_wheelbuilder will have a more informative comment on the matter though. nick_the_wheelbuilder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichnusa Posted June 25, 2023 Share Find a proper wheelbuilder Mtree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_Crispy Posted June 25, 2023 Share Kiwi is in Cape Town and is still doing his thing. Still one of the best wheel builders this town has ever seen. Mtree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted June 26, 2023 Share 13 hours ago, Mtree said: If it's scraping already, I would be taking them back to LBS to have things looked at. @nick_the_wheelbuilder will have a more informative comment on the matter though. A properly-built wheel will never have to be touched or adjusted once delivered to a customer. Pluck each spoke like a guitar string and if they all sound the same, on each side of the wheel, the tensions are even. If the pitch is all over the place, the wheel wasn’t built well. DJR, Mtree, mazambaan and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted June 26, 2023 Share 1 hour ago, nick_the_wheelbuilder said: A properly-built wheel will never have to be touched or adjusted once delivered to a customer. Pluck each spoke like a guitar string and if they all sound the same, on each side of the wheel, the tensions are even. If the pitch is all over the place, the wheel wasn’t built well. #post not applicable to those of us who are tonedeaf dasilvarsa and DJR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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