Wheel building ...

[ozboz]

Hiya, I’ve booked myself on a wheel building course , not to say I’ll be the dogs BX at it at the end of the day , but it’s worth the cost to me (75 sobs) to gain the fundamentals of this skill , the courses are run with connection to the LCC so I’m not guessing the that the tutor will be top shelf , if anyone else in West London is interested there may be a few places still available , look for London Bike Hub on the web ,

 

[I like Skol]

Once you have done the course you could do much worse than dismantling an old wheel and trying to rebuild it. I self-taught the skill as a teenager swapping bits from various broken wheels to make a useable one as I was too poor to buy new ones...

 

[Tilley]

Once you have done the course you could do much worse than dismantling an old wheel and trying to rebuild it. I self-taught the skill as a teenager swapping bits from various broken wheels to make a useable one as I was too poor to buy new ones...

I did exactly the same in my youth and was very proud with what I achieved but my memory of it is that it took an age and I learnt by going up some blind alleys. So I can see why you would want to know how to do it correctly first off if you can afford to.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I've just built a wheel - Tuesday it was. Self taught. I started by tweaking wobbly wheels a bit straighter.

 

[Globalti]

I used to swop worn out mountain bike rims for new and recently I beat Mavic's planned obsolescence by finding a new Ksyrium rim and spokes and rebuilding my rear wheel. I guess that won't be happening much now thanks to disc brakes.

 

[Gunk]

I've just built a wheel - Tuesday it was. Self taught. I started by tweaking wobbly wheels a bit straighter.

I’m pretty good at straightening them, I seem to have found the knack of just tweaking the spokes enough. Next stage for me is to build a wheel. Good idea to practice on an old one. I’ve just chucked two away 🙄

 

[FrankCrank]

It's a great skill to learn, and certainly not a black art to be feared. I've built around a dozen so far, and re-dished and tweaked many others. I followed a tutorial over on Atomic Zombie: https://www.atomiczombie.com/tutorial-3-cross-wheel-lacing/

For spoke length I use this one: https://www.sapim.be/spoke-calculator

First wheel build takes a fair bit of concentration, did mine in stages with a good long break in between to recharge the noggin. Good luck with it all.......

 

[ozboz]

It's a great skill to learn, and certainly not a black art to be feared. I've built around a dozen so far, and re-dished and tweaked many others. I followed a tutorial over on Atomic Zombie: https://www.atomiczombie.com/tutorial-3-cross-wheel-lacing/

For spoke length I use this one: https://www.sapim.be/spoke-calculator

First wheel build takes a fair bit of concentration, did mine in stages with a good long break in between to recharge the noggin. Good luck with it all.......

Thanks for those links , very handy ! 😉

 

[Gunk]

Thanks for those links , very handy ! 😉

Agree I’ve bookmarked them both

 

[Smokin Joe]

Whilst wandering round Oxford Street, or it may have been Tottenham Court Road one evening in 1991 after dropping Mrs SJ and niece of at a ballet at the Sadler's Wells (Not my style, know what I mean?) I came across this magazine in a shop -

Within a fortnight I was riding round on a pair of sprints I'd built myself and never looked back. Wheel building is a skill worth having. And as all can see, I still have that very magazine.

 

[Blue Hills]

Whilst wandering round Oxford Street, or it may have been Tottenham Court Road one evening in 1991 after dropping Mrs SJ and niece of at a ballet at the Sadler's Wells (Not my style, know what I mean?) I came across this magazine in a shop -

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Within a fortnight I was riding round on a pair of sprints I'd built myself and never looked back. Wheel building is a skill worth having. And as all can see, I still have that very magazine.

I trust you ignored the implied advice to wear your best white turtleneck when bike fettling.

 

[Gunk]

I trust you ignored the implied advice to wear your best white turtleneck when bike fettling.

It’s mandatory, isn’t it?

 

[All uphill]

Whilst wandering round Oxford Street, or it may have been Tottenham Court Road one evening in 1991 after dropping Mrs SJ and niece of at a ballet at the Sadler's Wells (Not my style, know what I mean?) I came across this magazine in a shop -

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Within a fortnight I was riding round on a pair of sprints I'd built myself and never looked back. Wheel building is a skill worth having. And as all can see, I still have that very magazine.

And those tips in the magazine to delay aging. Do they work?

I'm a bit peeved I missed that vital information. Too late for me now.

 

[Blue Hills]

I'm still admiring the superfluously inserted alibi to remove the slightest possibility that while family were safely balleted, he went exploring a pre cleaned Soho.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm still admiring the superfluously inserted alibi to remove the slightest possibility that while family were safely balleted, he went exploring a pre cleaned Soho.

Only a bit of "Research", honest guv.