Circus Monkey, Dt Swiss Revolutions, Podium MMX 26" Wheelset


Circus Monkey, Dt Swiss Revolutions, Podium MMX wheelset

I re-used the hubs from my daughter's 24" wheels when she out-grew them and built her a set of 26" wheels using DT Swiss Revolution (2.0/1.5mm) spokes and Stans No Tubes Podium MMX rims.

Components:

  • Circus Monkey HDW2 front hub;
  • Circus Monkey HDW3 rear hub;
  • Podium MMX 32 hole rim;
  • DT Swiss Revolutions spokes, double butted 2.0mm / 1.5mm spokes.

Total weight: 1246g.

Hub data

Front hub:

WL, width from center to left flange24.0
WR, width from center to right flange35.0
dL, left flange diameter58.0
dR, right flange diameter38.0
S, spoke hole diameter2.5

Rear hub:

WL, width from center to left flange34.6
WR, width from center to right flange22.6
dL, left flange diameter58.0
dR, right flange diameter51.0
S, spoke hole diameter2.5

Spoke length calculations

Front wheel:

crossleft lengthright length
0242.9254.2
1245.4255.7
2252.2260.0
3262.1266.4
4273.3273.6

Rear wheel:

crossleft lengthright length
0244.2246.3
1246.6248.4
2253.4254.4
3263.3263.0
4274.5272.9

Note: all values in mm.

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