Yes! Rich is my hero and he builds all my wheels now, but back in the day I read Jobst Brandt and built 2 wheelsets and an additional front dyno wheel. Hard to go wrong with a front wheel, so I say definitely go for it. I went to my LBS and asked them to use their spoke calculator and they bought me my spokes for the build.
Toshi in Oakland On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:26 PM John A. Bennett <jabin...@gmail.com> wrote: > As long as Rich Lesnik walks the earth, I will not build my own wheels. > > John in Portland, Ore. > > On Monday, October 19, 2020 at 8:25:58 AM UTC-7 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/952dcff9-956d-4564-97f2-f30d1c126456n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/952dcff9-956d-4564-97f2-f30d1c126456n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAGB59xxzue9w%2B6A_4LgDHErLtGGsz7WMgaCVWwXrfwojmJBFAw%40mail.gmail.com.
