Steven, the list members seem to have a hard time following instructions. Don't build your own wheels.
I have built two sets of wheels using the bikes as truing stands with blue masking tape across the seat stays/fork as a guide. Make sharpie marks on the tape as needed, and flip the wheels. I also used YouTube, an online spoke length calculator, a Phillips bit with one set of the fins ground off, a cordless drill, and a spoke wrench. Any competent professional could tell you my wheels suck, and building would certainly go faster with better tools and training. I've used them for five years without problems beyond the occasional truing that all wheels need. If you're planning on extended touring, have more money than time and aptitude, or are a bike abuser have a pro make some bombproof wheels. Carl On Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 6:18:56 AM UTC-7 Paul in Dallas wrote: > Garth, did you mean Jim Langley for the YouTube wheel building video and > perhaps auto correct screwed ut up? > > I could not find a Jim Land wheel building video but found this Jim > Langley one. > > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XUqul03hbZ8 > > > ........... > Garth wrote, > " Jim Land on youtube has the best video of building/truing wheels I've > seen, his way is presentation is very easy going and more intuitive than > all the books that I once read, and hated." > .............. > > Thanks for this thread and all who contributed. > I'm another who has been on the fence about giving it a try. Perhaps this > will get me motivated as well. > > Paul in Dallas > -- 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/5f7c77ab-b047-4f4e-8008-37a412ad06a2n%40googlegroups.com.
