Published by Tristan on 17 Apr 2009 at 06:09 pm
Josh’s Chris King rebuild
These hubs were originally laced to a pair of DT Swiss 4.2D rims. The original build quality was poor and the rear wheel would constantly go out of true: Josh contacted me to solve this so I relieved all the spoke tension from the wheel then re-tensioned and trued. This solved the problem and the wheel gave about 18 months of service until Josh decided to drop a bit of weight and eliminate the DT Swiss tubeless strip by moving to the Stan’s ZTR Arch rims and lighter spokes.
- The pair – King ISO hubs and ZTR Arch rims
- Chris King rear hub and ZTR Arch rim
- Chris King ISO hubs
- Chris King ISO hubs
I rebuilt the hubs using DT Swiss Revolution spokes and alloy nipples for the front and non-driveisde rear, and stiffer DT Swiss Competition spokes and brass nipples for the driveside rear.
Sorry for the photo quality – luckily my wheelbuilding skills are better than my photography talents :-)









