Thanks to everyone who has built wheels successfully for chiming in on this. I’ve always viewed building wheels as the kind of thing I want a trusted professional doing. I have a couple of top-notch wheelbuilders I trust who have built thousands of wheels. Building my own always seemed a little like home surgery—better to go to a pro.
OTOH, I started processing color film during Quarantine, which is something I resisted doing for years. Great results so far (but the consequences of failure are a poorly developed negative, not a wheel disintegrating on the way down a mountain). Hearing that others have built successfully with basic tools is empowering. I may have to try it myself. --Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com Insta: @CampyOnlyGuy YouTube: YouTube.com/CampyOnlyGuy > On Oct 19, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Mark Roland <absolutegal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have threatened to build my own wheels for a number of years. Finally, this > year, with the addition of a few Rivendell framesets that needed wider rims > than I could filch from my stack of vintage stuff, I went for it. > > I have had good success with Roger Musson's A Professional Guide to > Wheelbuilding. You can download a copy for about $10 I believe. Lots of > good, straightforward instructions, advice, and tips. I had a question on a > recent build (my bmx tribute wheels for my Susie!!) and he replied via email > within the hour. He breaks it down nicely so that my brain doesn't get > overwhelmed. I like following the directions and having everything work out! > The first pair I built are going strong, no adjustment needed. It's really > very satisfying once you take the plunge. Sneak peek of my Susie hoops: > > <IMG_20201012_092530948(1).jpg> > > <IMG_20201014_115739374(1).jpg> > > > > On Monday, October 19, 2020 at 11:25:58 AM UTC-4, Steven Seelig 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 > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6206ee51-e3f2-4cb5-829f-d57bd56bf79bo%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6206ee51-e3f2-4cb5-829f-d57bd56bf79bo%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > <IMG_20201012_092530948(1).jpg><IMG_20201014_115739374(1).jpg> -- 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/1F6210C8-D680-43C4-9754-3A1F69BF65B6%40me.com.
