Araya CV7 replacement rim/wheel

jbt0608 · Dec 1, 2023

I recently bent my 26” Araya CV7 wheel from overturning it and I’m in the process of getting a new rim or wheel. I don’t know much about what to get but what I know is it’s a 26x1.5 130-135mm 32 hole rim break Araya CV7 on an old specialized mountain/road bike. Some questions I have are assuming I should only get a rim, what are good things to look out for or what a good replacement rim is to get? Anything helps

Kerry Irons · Dec 3, 2023

First of all, are you sure it can't just be trued? It has to be fairly well damaged before you can't bring it back into shape with a spoke wrench. If you are talking about getting "only a rim" can we then assume you know how to build wheels? If you plan to buy a rim and then pay to have somebody else build the wheel, you probably would be ahead to just buy a wheel from a bike shop. Replacing this wheel like-for-like would be pretty cheap. And just curious, what exactly do you mean when you say you bent your wheel by "overturning it"? Can we assume a fairly serious crash?

Araya CV7 replacement rim/wheel

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