Hi....again, can anyone tell me how to measure the offset of the wheels on (off) my 1975/6 Ossa mar? Or what the offset is. I`ve decided to give it a go myself, wheel building that is. The tyres are now off and the nipples are soaked in WD40, might give them a while before trying to undo them as I`d prefer to re-use them. The rims might take a while to clean up, looks like they`ve never been cleaned from new!! The hubs will be repainted along with the brake plates then new linings will be fitted, and bearings.

Cheers all, Nigel.

the offset can be measured from anywhere you like - whatever will be easiest for you to measure when you are respoking. To get the rim in the right place, I usually fit the wheel to the bike and measure from the rim edge to the forks/swingarm.

From memory, MAR wheels have no offset, ie the centre line of the rim is in the centre of the spoke flanges on both hubs

Edited May 16, 201412 yr by feetupfun

Cheers feetupfun, I thought that there was no offset when I looked at them but wasn`t sure as I didn`t really know what I was looking for!!!! I was told ages ago that if the hub looks central then there`s no offset, and it does, but I prefer to check before taking them to bits.

Bought a new spoke key from Inmotion but have now found that the spokes have screw driver slots in the top....and they are quite free!! Shouldn`t take too long to strip down, then comes the polishing and painting, can`t wait!!