How To Replace A Bike Rim : Easy Guide

[@2nd3rd1st]

If I had a company I'd hire you, you'd make a great spokes person!

[@mickeyporter1934]

Class

[@jkmwpc]

Brilliant. My rim had cracks and the manufacturer sent me a new replacement rim. I was able to successfully change with your technique. Thank you, again!

[@MrNamaikisaru]

Your older wheel building video helped me build a 20" a 48 spoke unicycle wheel. There are surprisingly few good wheel building tutorials on here. Great work. Your channel deserves much more traffic!

[@bowhunk]

Man I'm am SOOO glad that I found your video, you've just made my life so much easier, from someone who can't afford to go to a bike shop

[@naughtynige3999]

Great video. Ive been doing my own bike maintenance for 30 years but never attempted a rim swap before. Took my time and followed your instructions. It came out perfect on first attempt, Thanks very much.

[@tristanwoolven]

These vids are great, currently building a dirt jump wheel and this series has been very helpful

[@CL-dh2mf]

This is such a clever method and exactly what I have to do at the moment! I will try this before I wait two months to get an apointment at our bike shop.👍👍👍

[@ddahstan6876]

Brilliant. Thank you Ali for giving us a thorough video on wheel swapping. Never in my life thought I would be doing it... but now whenever I decided to do it, it would be a bike ride to the park! ❤🎉

[@lithuaniangiant2676]

Very simple solution to changing a rim. I am glad I watched this before I tried my first rim change.

[@Chess_Guitar]

I'm very grateful for all these excellent advices that helped me perform the rim replacement very quickly. Knowledge is very valuable and it's very noble from you that you share it so kindly. Thanks again

[@carlosvipe2765]

It's so easy to think about doing that way that is so practical . . . . but I only learned it after watching this video!

[@uriyurman]

Thanks for the clear guide, worked like a charm

[@martinhertsius9282]

Ah, I have never considered _which_ spokes to start with. Nice!

[@MTBScotland]

Thanks for this Ali. I was able to successfully swap my room with ease 😂

[@charlieamos6640]

Ali please do a video on how to make brake pads .....you will get over 1 million views easily and you will become a legend of youtube !

[@jakubmatveev5487]

That's an awesome tip with the zip ties, gonna try that myselfsoon. but I gave thumbs up for the cat.

[@cezrok5405]

I did this and my wheel is perfect have done it twice ....great video reccomend everyone to have a go

[@znicho]

Helpful, despite probably not needing this as will be replacing rim on a radially laced wheel.

[@dorothyclarkson772]

Hello, Algorithm, nice to have our weekly chat.

[@mtrcrsmax1203]

Heck yeah will definitely be watching this

[@realzy4801]

I WISH THERE WAS A VIDEO LIKE THIS FOR A REAR DRIVEN EBIKE

[@strthulung5506]

Thanks ali for great ideas 💡

[@lazybug1628]

Very smart.... never seen before

[@sbrinton3]

Great idea. I would have never thought of the zip ties.

[@nathanclair3495]

Damn, great video! I really wish I had seen this before my last wheel issue. Had to swap a broken rim and went with the "remove every spoke and rebuild from scratch" method. Had to do it twice because I got the new rim backwards on the first try(asymmetric rim). This video would have saved me hours, and will on the next one, thank you!

[@richardpithouse]

awesome, just what I needed, my replacement LB rim arrived yesterday. Very high tension on the LB spokes I'm finding.

[@jkmwpc]

Brilliant! Thank you for sharing!

[@TCfert]

This is very helpful. Thanks! :)

[@X41N3]

Really cool, I just hope this works when I'm upgrading to a wider rim

[@paulbrondos443]

I drank a shot every time he said “swap”. Super helpful video

[@tayorsnr81]

Great video and beautiful cat ❤️, I would like to know if its possible to swap my rear rim together with the hubs fitted with it (boost 12 x 148) to a new (12 x 142) hubs. Thanks

[@RaperJason]

Ok Ali how about as a puzzle to solve lacing two 24 hole rims to a 48 hole hub 😊 probably no use but would look very funky Keep up the vids mate I always enjoy them

[@jonienglish3231]

Worked for me Brilliant - DT swiss xmc1200. Can you have uneven spoke tension but wheel perfect true and balanced??? Would you still tighten loose spokes ????

[@samnewzealand]

awesome dude great video thank you!

[@jawg2392]

Here for the cat 😍

[@jimihenrik11]

Thanks for the Tutorial. I have had a car crash with my bike and my rear wheel is defected since then. My Local Bike shop trued it several times, but it always returns to its bend state. The LBS said there are no replacement wheels available, so they can't change it. I googled for hours and confirmed that it is impossible for me to purchase a complete replacement wheel. But I found fitting rims (including the exact same one). And since my Hub and spokes are in good shape I'm going to attempt the swap. Really nervous about the truing though.

[@MP-zf7kg]

I'm no pro, so take it FWIW. I ride a lot of miles, so I'm constantly breaking spokes. After a while, "truing" is a luxury. "Good enough" is the norm. What this entails is that at times I'll loosen every single spoke, wait for the rim to settle, then snug by fingers first, then by tool. This actually works reasonably well. One benefit of this process is it releases all the tension in the rim and you can let it relax to its current normal state before you tighten the spokes.

[@livinlarge1247]

Nice kitty. I get broken back spokes. I ordered some mags but not sure that they are not fixed wheels, though they said 8/9/10 spd compatible. We will see.

[@iamamodel7]

A suggestion for you Ali. I thought of a method and then tried it - I run a piece of electrical tape over each crossover, then used a cordless driver to undo all the nipples in one go, take the old rim off. Since the spokes are all secured, the spokes and hub remain free-standing, and then the new rim goes on. It's very fast. I'm also thinking next time I count the extraction revolutions on the drive and NDS so I can get closer with the driver before getting out the spoke key for completion.

[@Ali_Clarkson]

The only reason I don’t do this is because it can be very easy to scratch the rim trying to get the spokes lined up. I’m sure if you’re careful it’s possible not to scratch but for just a couple of extra minutes I prefer doing them individually

[@iamamodel7]

@@Ali_Clarkson Ah. So you have tried it. That's good to know. Agreed re scratching the rim.

[@mattmaxon7783]

My rear wheel has a large 12spd cassette requiring different length spokes making one side of the hub off center from the rim any tips to avoid disaster since the dishing isn't symmetrical ? I also heard on other videos it is recommended you change the spokes every 1000 miles, since I'm approaching 3000 miles I have slight concern

[@lynxg4641]

Exactly how I do it when I need to. Think when you had the spokes split between the 2 rims you should have brought it up to tension and them mounted a nice fat tyre with 2 separate inner tubes :-D :-p

[@ib4737]

What tool do you use if the spokes rounds off

[@Im1234and5]

Is it possible to put a 20"x 2.125 rim for the front wheel of the bike to replace the 20x4.0 rims because I want to use a skinner rim ?

[@jojotherider1977]

Im going to attempt this in the coming weeks, do you do anything to prep the nipples? I wasnt sure if i was going to tackle this or have my shop do it. But from your video it looks mostly straightforward. Ill have to watch you other wheel vids for tips and tricks

[@jerryriding]

You should try to install the double-rim wheel to a bike and test it!!! Should be cool! Pretty helful video anyways!!!

[@jubalvw]

That's actually how fat bike rims begun. A guy welded two rims together and laced them to one hub.

[@bicross87]

That was smart ! :)

[@Teeafit]

Was that the ‘Cute Thief, come out from the Glasgow flat for a holiday?

[@josephnicosia9037]

I'm ready to give my e-bike rim swap a go.

[@YanDoroshenko]

Just move every other spoke to the new rim and ride like that, you get twice the grip and twice the puncture protection.

[@2nd3rd1st]

Funky idea!

[@The_Real_JN]

Twice as likely to get a puncture judging by what you're saying

[@lildeanc]

what is the ERD? I can't find my rim anywhere online so need to get something different

[@ca5ualm3dia]

is it acceptable to replace a 24mm deep rim , with a 25.5 deep rim ?

[@duroxkilo]

3:20 i like it when it's hard to make mistakes. i like it a lot. :}

[@ib4737]

What happens if the spokes round off

[@neilglenn9507]

When swapping a rim and tensioning and truing it, should you stress relieve twice as you did in your “Build Your Best Wheel” video?

[@edmondopowell]

very good

[@imnotgivingmynametoamachine683]

Wheel building has always seemed daunting to me. How much do you think you can save vs a prebuilt wheelset?

[@dtape]

It's not just the money that you save buying a new single wheel, it's being able to easily do your own tension and truing adjustments as needed anytime. I am hard on my commuter ebike with heavy rack loads and I ride on rough uneven roads and my rear wheel loses tension fairly fast. It's worth having my own truing stand, dish gauge, and tension meter so I can keep my wheels in good shape, instead of coughing up money and spending time hauling a wheel to the bike shop and waiting for service to be completed.

[@bobfoster1745]

How about a video where you use a different rim and different length spokes (same wheel diameter just different rim which has slightly different length spokes), can this method be used when changing spoke length?

[@joejoe2974]

if only i watched this before, i took out the whole thing and tried to put it back togheter on another rim, they're correctly positionned but not tight enough and the spokes are really loose

[@daylightsensor8695]

You should try riding it like that hahaha 6:19

[@deemdoubleu]

Awesome

[@chrisplatten2293]

Unfortunately, what I need to swap is a front hub....no nice shortcut their. However, I have successfully procrastinated for nearly two years and therefore avoided the job. If you are wondering why, it's because a liked the idea of a set of touring/winter/gravel wheels on my Diverge and also a set of road/race wheels. I bought a set from another Diverge owner that had upgraded to fancy wheels and had the old standard ones for sale only to find my 2015 model was the only year with the wider diameter through axle.....sigh......

[@NikkiNexo777]

I've never done a wheel build or wheel swap before. The original rim is no longer available. If on the new rim the spokes end up being too long or too short, What is my game plan at that point?

[@cmagnell613]

At that point you're looking at new spokes anyway so it's a start-from-scratch wheel lacing - check AC's other vids for great tutorials

[@sapinva]

All the wheels I've built have been bullet proof. But the funny thing is, they all have spokes crossing over the valve stem. So now I'm convinced it must be bad luck to not cross over the valve stem.

[@louissoudain]

Tried and TRUed method noice

[@tornagawn]

Interesting…..I have some ‘vintage wheels with Mavic Oxygen M6 eyeleted rims. Bombproof but heavy. However I’d likely need spokes and rims to rebuild them

[@luizcarvalho4245]

New videoooo!!!

[@zylonB]

Ali Clarkson. Could do with you right now.. I got a pair of Alex Blizzerk 90 RIMS for my new wheel build. I am confused as FUBAR because they are 64 HOLES and they RUN Parallel.... and NOW i am stuffed or try getting a refund for them.

[@YanDoroshenko]

Ok, I actually guessed what the method is.

[@Momo_Kawashima]

1:31 watch out everybody, there is a hand jumpscare

[@ddahstan6876]

😅😅😂

[@igfbiketrial]

Buen truco,👌👌👌

[@thomashaenel5173]

That is so much easier than what i did. I put All spokes out and than in the hub again. So much time waist😅

[@thecappy]

Awesome I recently cracked a carbon rim and warranty only sent me a replacement rim. Don’t feel like paying over $100 to have the rim swapped.

[@cornelisemail6070]

Im doing this for 12 years now with 28 inch wheels with 36 spokes. Not new for me

[@swiftwraith]

That Zaskar looks all lonely on that wall..... I suggest you give it to me :p

[@jeffhayes1855]

How many of you Ali subscribers expected him to “magic” the rim swap? Maybe that can be a short how-to for April 1.

[@alexisastrie]

You should've just magic'ed it like Sam Pilgrim haha

[@SolarizeYourLife]

It is called changing out wheel....

[@Ali_Clarkson]

Can’t say I’ve ever heard it called that before

[@thiagoXXXmarinho]

Such a long video but did not actually showed how the spoke is attached to the wheel.

[@Ali_Clarkson]

Got about three other videos that show that 🤘🏻

[@kalebfrog]

Love your videos, you're an incredible rider, but absolutely not. Spokes and nipples are one time use items. Once a wheel is built and tensioned, presumably ridden on, gotta replace spokes and nipples. Calculating spoke length is pretty easy with the qbp spoke calculator. Sheldon brown has a great guide to measuring your hub and erd. Keep doing cool shit!

[@Ali_Clarkson]

I disagree, having done this plenty of times with no issue I can definitely recommend reusing spokes and nipples multiple times