Wow, that's really cool. I'm so impressed. I'm a big believer in handbuilts--especially for female riders because a lot of factory wheelsets are more wheel than we often need.
I hope you like the wheels. Minus the spokes, that's the build that I have, inlcuding the Veloplugs.
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02-01-2008, 08:59 AM #1
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02-01-2008, 11:39 AM #2
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I loved building a wheel and I'm really proud of it. My bike though got pretty snooty because SHE has a hand-built wheel, and everyone else in the bike shelter at work is inferior.
I told my husband "It was fun, and pretty easy!" and he replied, "So easy a caveman could do it?" In fact, I got a lot of caveman-type jokes when I boasted "I built a wheel!"
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02-01-2008, 01:43 PM #3
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I would also check out http://williamscycling.com/ if you decide to buy an already built set.
Great wheels for the money!
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02-01-2008, 03:24 PM #4
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I listened to alot of the posts here... Indy, Kathi. Deb, you were the one to recommend Roger's wheelbuilding book and it helped obviously with building the tools. Not to mention, watching you build your wheel last April and relating methodology was helpful. Although that was around 9 months ago I remembered most of it. The manuals were great for refreshing myself with some of the details.
Lookin' for that frameset now.
Don't know if my bike will become snooty just yet. As I said, we'll see what happens with the first coupla hundred miles.
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02-01-2008, 04:50 PM #5
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If it takes a bit of retruing after the first 100 miles or so, don't think that your build was less than good. The pros try to avoid that so people aren't bringing their wheels back and complaining. But if it's YOUR wheel, then YOU can retrue it wheneve it needs it. Spokes will seat on the first ride (you may hear some pinging noises) and any small amount of spoke twist will come out. All perfectly normal.
Oil is good, grease is better.
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02-01-2008, 10:06 PM #6
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Congratulation and OMG build your own stand too.
I'm sure your wheel wills stay true. Enjoy your ride and nothing snooty about hand built wheels.
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02-02-2008, 06:23 AM #7
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Oooh, I wanna learn how to do that! That is so cool!
And you even built your own stand!
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