Build your own rim

Ok then the second issue is where can I find the titanium rod and what size should I look for?

@Nathan_Moore I used a M5 threaded stainless steel rod in my main 36" wheel which I ride nearly daily for many years now, so take that to safe money and time. The titanium rods were ordered from china. Man, titanium is tough. I can’t bend the 5mm rod without intense heat. Actually it has to be ground to 4.xx mm depending on your rim.

I used two 28" rims with 28 holes as a basis. So they have a spoke hole per inch. I used them to create a 36" rim which also has a spoke hole per inch, so the 36" rim has 36 holes. I ride such a rim on my main 36" uni since feb. 2018, so it is somewhat rigid. Here I showed creating the rim without showing special tools, so everyone can do it (although I used a mill):

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This was only to show that you all can create your own rim even without special tools. This time I actually didn’t create real pin inserts. Although I still have a ready made 36" rim which only lacks those pins :thinking: Bending rims didn’t succeed with a Mavic CXP21 rim and also not with a tubular rim. But the two DTswiss did work.

Indeed I found 2 videos about him and his revolutionary rims:

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Where did you get your spoke threader? I’ve been wanting one but they’re really expensive