Do it. I've built exactly 1 wheel, to try it, and it served me well for a few thousand miles. This was a 36-hole non-dished wheel for a fixed drivetrain, and following Sheldon Brown's instructions it was surprisingly easy without having to dish or give different tensions to R and L sides. I took me slightly over an hour, IIRC, at any rate, less than 2 hours.
I had no wheel building stand or any other wheel-specific tools except a spoke wrench. On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 9:25 AM 'Steven Seelig' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > So with COVID and all, I've decided that now is the time to do stuff that > I haven't ever done before. Learning to speak French is perhaps a bridge > too far - not so good at language. But it seems reasonable to think that I > can at least build a front wheel with a Dyno hub to put on the Sam I ride > in the means streets of DC and on some gravel. > > I have a truing stand but not a dishing tool. I would say I am a > competent wrencher. Of course anyone who has built up a wheel did it once > for the first time. Is this something I should take on? What are the odds > for success? Will I quit in frustration? > > Points of view encouraged. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9d0483ec-84ce-4b7f-924d-eb6849982cc1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9d0483ec-84ce-4b7f-924d-eb6849982cc1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsDNFTJr6bnhyMQwEOvgw%2BK5G18cXw5VEs4tN6rOuMuQQ%40mail.gmail.com.
