This was really informative and did not feel like an ad! I'm glad you are getting good sponsors and they couldn't get a better wheel building critic. Maybe they would invite you to see their wheeling building process? I think that'd be a lot of fun to watch.
Off topic feedback on the new workshop as a filming space: Curtain looks good. Medium grey was the best choice by far. Well done! Lighting is a little bit too overhead for my liking but perfectly serviceable for non-pedants :p The white walls help but some LED panels lower down may tame the office-cubical effect. High CRI video lights for preference. Keep your frame paintwork looking rich and sexy and your skin tones looking human. Sound is clear but you do have noticeable room reverb. Hard to avoid inside a cube. Some sound absorbers on the walls and ceiling would help but you can also do a lot in software. iZotope's De-Reverb module is meant to be pretty decent if you'd prefer to tackle it with mouse-wiggling rather than DIY. It's also less flammable than closed-cell foam.
I actually really appreciate the advice…audio is something I’m fairly newb at but I also realise it’s importance (more so than video quality even!). The bike cave is still in its early days though, it’s very empty at the moment which won’t be helping. Soon I’ll have a workbench and more storage which will help break up the flat wall shapes and if there’s much wall space left afterwards I do have some audio panels I could use. Lighting-wise. Again something I’m still learning about. For this video I obviously had strong overhead lighting (can be reduced if needed) but I also had an Aperture studio light facing me…that’s more subtle than I expected but I do have another on the way and I’ll experiment with positions once I’ve filled the space with workbenches/shelving etc
Thx Ali great video. Tried the foot for myself after watching and I like it better than my old bench press n spin method. My foot could feel the wave !
Hey Ali Clarkson! I love wheel building and wheel building vids so thanks a bunch! Are the ebike wheel spokes thicker guage? Are any of the spokes in any of the wheels butted? Ride ride ride!
How do you decide how much tension to put on the spokes, and how do you feel about tuning by pitch? I feel the same about other people's wheels. None of mine have ever failed, while my experience with other's builds is mixed at best. Spank laces a pretty decent wheel. To be fair, those light bicycle rims are so stiff and round right out of the box, all you really have to do is tension the spokes the same before even bothering to spin. I'm using those same 26" LB rims (enduro weight) on my trials bike. They were absurdly easy to true.
Couple questions for you Ali- Is stomping on the wheel to prestress it bad for the freehub side? How tight should the spokes be on lightbicycle rims? Mine feel a lot looser than they used to on inspired rims.
Enter into a search engine: "bicycle wheels spoke tension chart" and you'll get plenty of answers. There are differences based on use and materials as well.
Wow, that was a pretty damn cool advert. Actually very entertaining to watch and now I really want some of those rims for my enduro... Those damn good adverts are going to make me poor someday...
Wow those 26 Look absolutely epic along with the price you’ll be paying for them almost as epic is the sound of those I-9 hubs at 2:05 hand me a box of tissues please lol
I don't ride anyone else's wheels. I want to look in the mirror at the wheelbuider. Carbon rims might not be best with rim brakes. If I ever could pull off the tricks you routinely do, I'd certainly break before the wheel. Your videos helped up my wheel building albeit with the old school bent.
I hate your foot stomping method, lol! 😂 Maybe it works great, but scares me a bit. I've seen videos of wheel building shops using a round press that does them all once. I'd trust any wheels from you, though!
My two cents about wheel builds these days - I've got an "entry level" Specialized a couple of months ago and the wheels (29", 28h) have been nothing but perfectly straight since then with me being almost 120 kg with the bike and doing some sloppy riding on pretty technical trails, casing a few jumps hard and such. To be honest, I can't come up with an excuse to replace them even though I'd like some new fancy wheels.
All the videos I've seen of them have been incredibly impressive. It seems if you buy from the right brand the only way to destroy them is to run them without tires and purposely sending them into harsh hard edges. Though they are quite expensive.
Yes kinda…it depends how well the rim, spokes and hub was made. I’ve certainly built wheels where the rim quality was bad and it needed quite uneven spokes to get straight but even with good quality stuff there can be small variables that might vary the spokes tension by a few pointers on a gauge, it’s not really a big deal though
He Ali, good testing methodology, but if you think that the wheels you got are representative of what the general public would get, I'd question that, yours were most likely VERY carefully built. If you want to impress people, let Light Bicycle send you a PayPal credit, then transfer it to a misc person, no relation to you and let them order a set of wheels like how the general public would get them, for you to then check out and report on.
Most of us are concerned that AI technology is going to take our jobs... Ali needs to be concerned with the Light Bicycle wheel building department / robot...
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Plot twist: Ali got a job at light bicycle, built his own wheels, then had them shipped to his house.
😂 If only that were true!
Lol. I'd bet that those are mostly machine built.
Ali is a wheel building machine! 😂
@@aidanbrown-king Modern day John Henry.
This was really informative and did not feel like an ad! I'm glad you are getting good sponsors and they couldn't get a better wheel building critic.
Maybe they would invite you to see their wheeling building process? I think that'd be a lot of fun to watch.
Great segment Ali. I am starting to build my own wheels and I always enjoy your videos on wheel building. Well Good Sir. - M
Those are some nice looking wheels.
They better be for the price you’ll be paying for them You won’t be getting much change out of an arm and a leg and a credit card lol
@@ashleytombsthey're very well priced for what you're getting
Nice shirt! :) Wheels look great, too...well done!
some of the information in this is gonna come in pretty handy, Love the weave on them Rims too, Gorgeous.
Off topic feedback on the new workshop as a filming space:
Curtain looks good. Medium grey was the best choice by far. Well done!
Lighting is a little bit too overhead for my liking but perfectly serviceable for non-pedants :p The white walls help but some LED panels lower down may tame the office-cubical effect. High CRI video lights for preference. Keep your frame paintwork looking rich and sexy and your skin tones looking human.
Sound is clear but you do have noticeable room reverb. Hard to avoid inside a cube. Some sound absorbers on the walls and ceiling would help but you can also do a lot in software. iZotope's De-Reverb module is meant to be pretty decent if you'd prefer to tackle it with mouse-wiggling rather than DIY. It's also less flammable than closed-cell foam.
This is good advice! The new space sounds decent, but could indeed be a little more inert.
I actually really appreciate the advice…audio is something I’m fairly newb at but I also realise it’s importance (more so than video quality even!).
The bike cave is still in its early days though, it’s very empty at the moment which won’t be helping. Soon I’ll have a workbench and more storage which will help break up the flat wall shapes and if there’s much wall space left afterwards I do have some audio panels I could use.
Lighting-wise. Again something I’m still learning about. For this video I obviously had strong overhead lighting (can be reduced if needed) but I also had an Aperture studio light facing me…that’s more subtle than I expected but I do have another on the way and I’ll experiment with positions once I’ve filled the space with workbenches/shelving etc
Most awesome, video. Power testimony to Light Bicycle true heart at the core . Building amazing products, keeping us riding harder and longer .
Cool, This will fit perfectly on my Giant XTC1, which I'm getting back on the trails.
Thx Ali great video. Tried the foot for myself after watching and I like it better than my old bench press n spin method. My foot could feel the wave !
Best rims out there. Can’t fault them in any way 👌🏻
I've been running light bicycles rims I laced on Chris King hubs on my old S works team DH for years now very happy
Hey Ali Clarkson! I love wheel building and wheel building vids so thanks a bunch! Are the ebike wheel spokes thicker guage? Are any of the spokes in any of the wheels butted? Ride ride ride!
How do you decide how much tension to put on the spokes, and how do you feel about tuning by pitch? I feel the same about other people's wheels. None of mine have ever failed, while my experience with other's builds is mixed at best. Spank laces a pretty decent wheel. To be fair, those light bicycle rims are so stiff and round right out of the box, all you really have to do is tension the spokes the same before even bothering to spin. I'm using those same 26" LB rims (enduro weight) on my trials bike. They were absurdly easy to true.
Free rims and spokes clinic! Thanks, Ali!
That's the way how sponsored video should look like! Cheers, Ali!
Couple questions for you Ali-
Is stomping on the wheel to prestress it bad for the freehub side?
How tight should the spokes be on lightbicycle rims? Mine feel a lot looser than they used to on inspired rims.
Enter into a search engine:
"bicycle wheels spoke tension chart" and you'll get plenty of answers. There are differences based on use and materials as well.
Wow, that was a pretty damn cool advert. Actually very entertaining to watch and now I really want some of those rims for my enduro... Those damn good adverts are going to make me poor someday...
Wow those 26 Look absolutely epic along with the price you’ll be paying for them almost as epic is the sound of those I-9 hubs at 2:05 hand me a box of tissues please lol
Excellent vid Ali
I don't ride anyone else's wheels. I want to look in the mirror at the wheelbuider. Carbon rims might not be best with rim brakes. If I ever could pull off the tricks you routinely do, I'd certainly break before the wheel. Your videos helped up my wheel building albeit with the old school bent.
Hey Ali
Workshop looks sick!
Woo Hoo! Bike build time.
Nice, but what does CuteFeef think about cardboard boxes those wheels came in?
Daddy Clarkson you been working out? Looking buff x😅
I hate your foot stomping method, lol! 😂 Maybe it works great, but scares me a bit. I've seen videos of wheel building shops using a round press that does them all once. I'd trust any wheels from you, though!
If Ali would know that Light Bicycles actually have people stamping spokes all day... :-P
Hey Ali!!
Great video!
My 24 “ are still going strong! Over 2 years old now!!
I want more😂
My two cents about wheel builds these days - I've got an "entry level" Specialized a couple of months ago and the wheels (29", 28h) have been nothing but perfectly straight since then with me being almost 120 kg with the bike and doing some sloppy riding on pretty technical trails, casing a few jumps hard and such. To be honest, I can't come up with an excuse to replace them even though I'd like some new fancy wheels.
I don't think I'll ever be able to convince myself to try carbon rims, but these are mighty cool nevertheless.
All the videos I've seen of them have been incredibly impressive. It seems if you buy from the right brand the only way to destroy them is to run them without tires and purposely sending them into harsh hard edges. Though they are quite expensive.
I love that shirt!
Garage studio worked well i see why you wanted to jave a more even light now, dont mind good ad, no more bruised stomach building wheels 🎉
Do I need to remove my tire to retension my wheels or do I just deflate the tire and then tension the rim?
If the nipples are visible then you don't need to take the tyre off. Some rims have internal nipples which are a massive pain.
Yeah I'm with you on this ali riding factory built wheels lol yeah right lol
If a rim is straight, and the wheel is as true and round as it is there, then the spoke tension can only be even around the whole wheel.
Yes kinda…it depends how well the rim, spokes and hub was made.
I’ve certainly built wheels where the rim quality was bad and it needed quite uneven spokes to get straight but even with good quality stuff there can be small variables that might vary the spokes tension by a few pointers on a gauge, it’s not really a big deal though
Is that a super rider t-shirt I see?
He Ali, good testing methodology, but if you think that the wheels you got are representative of what the general public would get, I'd question that, yours were most likely VERY carefully built. If you want to impress people, let Light Bicycle send you a PayPal credit, then transfer it to a misc person, no relation to you and let them order a set of wheels like how the general public would get them, for you to then check out and report on.
Most of us are concerned that AI technology is going to take our jobs... Ali needs to be concerned with the Light Bicycle wheel building department / robot...
I'd gladly pay $1000 and get a $500 wheelset built by Ali than buy a $1500 wheelset from anybody else.
Why alloy nipples? Would have thought that brass would be a better fit.
Blah blah blah, how much? Worldwide shipping? Warranty?
Obviously they knew this particular set was going to you?