nickAKA
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Probably worth telling the whole sorry tale here...
I had a gravel bike shipped over to my sister in Spain for me to use when I go over to visit and told the BIL to use it as he liked. Being a non-cyclist he decided to start off on a smart trainer to build up some fitness (it's pretty hilly where they are), so I told him to get a new rear wheel with a trainer tyre fitted so he could just swap the wheels as he's not mechanically minded at all and changing the tyre would possibly be a bit much for him...
ANYWAY, I did tell him to get a disc brake wheel but guess what... rim brake wheel. He didn't notice, for months. My old man is there at the moment and spotted it straight away, but he's an engineer so you'd expect him to.
So the question is, are there spacers available off the shelf to adapt rim wheels to disk frames, or can you get the axel swapped to suit? It doesn't need a brake on it as it's simply for the turbo. If it was me I'd just get a new wheel but if it can be adapted it'll save him a few quid at least.
TIA
I had a gravel bike shipped over to my sister in Spain for me to use when I go over to visit and told the BIL to use it as he liked. Being a non-cyclist he decided to start off on a smart trainer to build up some fitness (it's pretty hilly where they are), so I told him to get a new rear wheel with a trainer tyre fitted so he could just swap the wheels as he's not mechanically minded at all and changing the tyre would possibly be a bit much for him...
ANYWAY, I did tell him to get a disc brake wheel but guess what... rim brake wheel. He didn't notice, for months. My old man is there at the moment and spotted it straight away, but he's an engineer so you'd expect him to.
So the question is, are there spacers available off the shelf to adapt rim wheels to disk frames, or can you get the axel swapped to suit? It doesn't need a brake on it as it's simply for the turbo. If it was me I'd just get a new wheel but if it can be adapted it'll save him a few quid at least.
TIA