jsp Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 i ve jus been looking at some photos of yesterdays practice lap from the west of england BTC and Guy Kendrew has a silver non sealed rear wheel fitted to his ossa, anyone know how to convert a std wheel to fit ? jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taff_d Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 I have had a chat with Guys and my local dealer today about the spare rear wheel, he is using a 07 Beta wheel but you have to do loads to it to make it fit, swap the spokes from one side to another and get wheel and disc spacers machined up, basically not worth the chew on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 i will drop that idea then jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 feeling the need for a spare rear wheel, has anyone come up a cheap solution to make a after market wheel fit rather than a jitsie or genuine one ? jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Hi jsp, You can use a wheel from a 2001 GG, if you can keep air in it. Use a smaller diameter disc to suit the Ossa set up, fit it with washers between the disc and the hub as you need this offset to fit, countersink the mounting holes and use allen screws, make up a spacer for the sprocket side, then make 2 sleeves to take up the difference in the Ossa axle diameter and the GG, which is smaller. Do this if you want to use the original GG axle. If you ever want to go down this track, I can measure up the parts I made and give you the details. The sprocket needs to sit out a further 6mm from the hub, easy, use an old sprocket as a spacer and cut off the outer ring so you end up with a neat aluminium ring. Probably no more than 5 or 10 mins work............Have you got a lathe? Bye, Peter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotus54 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 The Explorer has tube type rims. I am running the Tubliss system, so I can run Tubless Tyres. The best part? If I get a puncture, the tyre will NOT come off the rim. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsp Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 peterb, I dont have a lathe but I know someone that does, just dont fancy spending £600 on a spare wheel if I can help it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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