FWIW, if anyone wants to geek out on all things wheel building, check out the Wheel Fanatyk website for both "information" as well as wheelbuilding hardware that while geared toward the professional, anyone of interest can acquire. There's a whole lotta info there, so take your time, it has lots of rabbit holes. https://wheelfanatyk.com/collections https://wheelfanatyk.com/pages/library Under https://wheelfanatyk.com/pages/manuals is a pdf of the 1986 Bicycling Mag Wheelbuilding guide written by Eric Hjertberg, wheelbuilder/co-founder of Wheelsmith.
That said, I myself like audio/visual ways like the Jim Langley video mentioned above. He has an inviting and appealing way about him, that's the best I can describe it. Blueprints and methodology alone don't do much for me....... when someone animates it, brings it to life in understandable and universal language ...... well that's relatable. After watching him last year, even I decided to play with some wheels I had built 30 years ago that needed some fine tuning, and to build my own again. I figured with the silly delivery and labor costs of custom wheels, and the inherent limited hardware choices all wheelbuilders offer, I may as well invest in a decent stand, a new dish gauge and anything else I may need. So I bought a Unior 1689 stand and the calibration gauge for it. It sure is nice having a stable, consistent platform to work on wheels ! I chose the Unior because it's perfectly stable as-is without needing to buy a base. -- 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/9660f731-3b39-4d98-b334-c65b9faba024n%40googlegroups.com.
