Well, having respaced the Hi-E Hi-Lo rear, I confront another problem. It looks like many of the spokes are rusted onto the Hi-E nipples, so I'm probably going to have to completely respoke the wheel, and perhaps abandon my attempt to use the Hi-E nipples.
However, respoking presents an issue. The Hi-E Hi-Lo rear hub has 24 spokes on the drive side and 16 on the off side, for a total of 40 spokes. And the original Hi-E rim shows signs of several eylets in danger of pulling through, so if I'm going to respoke this wheel, it may be prudent to replace the rim. Anyone have a 40 hole tubular rim for sale? Hi-E would be ideal, but there is little chance of finding that, so any quality 40 hole tubular rims in good condition would be considered.
Now here is another even wierder piece of Hi-E lore. I have another DIFFERENT Hi-E Hi-Lo rear hub, this on unbuilt. This one, rather than 24 spokes on the drive side and 16 on the off side, is 24 drive side and 18 off side for a total 42 spokes. Anyone ever seen a 42 hole rim? Plus, the drive side spoke holes are not evenly spaced, but instead there 6 groups of 3 holes each, each, alternating with single spoke holes it ollks like one hole was "skipped" betwen each group of 3 and the adjacent single hole? Even assuming I could find a 42 hole rim, how the heck would one spoke this hub?
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Big Spring, Tecas, USA