Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
Just stumbled across my old thread on wheelbuilding, and wanted to update it to say:

Wheeeee!!!! I've never had a better rear wheel than I have now! It's discernably stiffer, rolls like nobody's business, and TICKS. The hub is Hope and it lets everyone know it. I love it

I'll have to try my hand at building a wheel for my road bike too, next winter maybe.
Alright, that does it, I'm ordering rims and spokes today! I've been hemming and hawing about building a set of MTB wheels with the XTR hubs that I have, and you've convinced me to try it

What rim did you use, LPH? How long did it take you to finish the wheel as a rookie wheelbuilder? I'm wondering if I'll get to ride these this season. I have some experience truing/tensioning/dishing, and IME I'm very very slow