Wheel building.

[Moon bunny]

Two or three years ago, if I had a spoke in my hand, I would probably have hurt my eye with it. A few simple lessons on and I have surpassed my teacher, to the point were he gets me to build his wheels for him.
I really enjoy building wheels, a simple pleasure, persuading a jumbled mass of metal into a perfect object, glittering in the sunlight.

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

I have built hundreds in my time; I still find it very satisfying.

These days I often build something with deep rims and relatively few spokes as that is what many now want. I confess I still prefer something along the lines of 32h Campagnolo hubs on a Mavic Open Pro rims

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[Nibor]

I have a wheel I re rimmed that I have built several times and I built a set for a friend very theraputic I have a set I bought for my birthday to build H SON PLUS archetype on Novatec with DT Swiss Spokes, going to enjoy this. Learned from the Roger Musson ebook very good.

 

[Oldhippy]

I am wanting a pair of Sun Rhyno 36 spoke 700cc touring wheels with a decent dynamic hub up front. Any idea what sort of cash I'm looking at?

 

[Oldhippy]

Dynamo, b*oody spell check!

 

[weareHKR]

I like the simplicity of your truing stand...

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

I like the simplicity of your truing stand...

So do I, over the years I have tried many different varieties, often very expensive and elaborate, but always I conclude that I prefer my simple version. I have had it 40 years plus, it's a 'Leda' stand, 'Minoura' had a similar model; both discontinued although Minoura still offer alternatives; a brand called 'Red' still offer something very close to my old 'Leda' that I confess I would still buy if I needed one