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Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Mountain Bike Wheels 101: Anatomy, Troubleshooting, and Sizing

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7574 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week we’re re-sharing one of our listeners’ favorite episodes from 2019. On January 6 we’ll be back with fresh episodes including some big interviews you won’t want to miss. Stay safe and happy trails!

In this episode of the Singletracks podcast, we talk about the three main considerations when designing a set of mountain bike wheels, and break down the pieces that make up a wheelset from the rims to the hubs. We’ll also share some tips for troubleshooting and repairing wheels, and offer our thoughts on various rim diameters and widths.

--Keep up with the latest in mountain biking at Singletracks.com and on Instagram @singletracks

Transcript

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0:00.0

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Serve from 11am. Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and

0:19.0

participation may vary. This week we're resharing one of our listeners' favorite episodes from 2019.

0:24.6

On January 6th, we'll be back with fresh episodes, including some big interviews that you don't want to miss.

0:29.9

Stay safe and happy trails.

0:32.6

Hey, everybody, welcome to the Single Tracks podcast.

0:35.6

My name is Jeff, and today Matt and Jero and I are going to be talking about mountain

0:40.6

bike wheels.

0:42.5

And before we get started, I should introduce Jero.

0:45.8

Jero is a new staff writer at Singletracks.

0:48.6

He's been writing for us for a long time.

0:50.4

You've probably seen his articles under the byline Brian Jereau.

0:55.5

And we're stoked to have him joining us. Thanks for coming on the podcast, Joe. Yeah, thanks. I'm excited to, I'm excited to get

1:00.6

started. It should be cool. Yeah. Wheels are a topic that we have addressed on the podcast,

1:07.9

but it's been a few years. And the last time we did, we heard from Dustin

1:11.9

from Southern Wheelworks, where he talked about some wheel stuff, but we thought we'd kind of

1:17.3

back it up this time and go over more of the basics about wheels, you know, just the, all the things

1:22.7

you need to know and consider when you're shopping for new wheels or trying to maintain your wheels or all that good

1:29.1

stuff. So let's start at like a super high level and talk about what's important when you design

1:34.5

a set of mountain bike wheels. What are like the main considerations that you have when you're trying

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