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How may on here build your own wheels?
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I built a wheel truing jig and dishing stick for my GCSE technology project in the early 90s and been building my own ever since. It costs more than a factory built wheel and it takes me much much longer than a pro builder but the end result is a much more evenly balanced wheel than I've even seen come out of a shop. I only build for me and close freinds due to the time element. It is however, very satisfying.
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Done a few sets over the yers. Started off because I'd been knocked off by a hit and run driver who kindly destroyed my rear wheel. As an unemployed 16-year old, I had no spare cash to get them built after laying out for new rim, spokes and hub. So I used the front one as guide, and built it up. Just used the frame and brakes as a jig.
I've built all my wheels this way, and never used a proper jig except for when I worked in a bike shop for a while. I've never had a single failure or even a snapped spoke. Hardly ever have to true them either.
I'm not quick, but I enjoy it. I'd trust a set I built myself over any others.
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"Mainly becasue I wanted to learn how to do it, "
Ditto - I had some dismantled wheel which I used to work through the procedure but binned this practice wheel. The second one used a new hub and spokes on a good old rim and went fairly well so now I keep it as a backup wheel.
I'd build more but it's cheaper to buy factory built and then tweak them.
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I do it through neccessity, having broken a wheel with a hope hub in I felt I had no choice but to try and fix it myself
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ahh,onzadogs wheels sound like they might be spot on!
i cringe at folk that boast about how fast they can build wheels. I hear theres a rep that can do one in 20 mins. what an amazing geezer he is.
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i started because it seemed like the next logical thing to do. i did lace one up back in the mists of time.
also can be useful when your lbs won't order in the rims you want and the other lbs and me have fallen out over wheels!
i also had to build a wheel in the morning before driving to 24:12 this year due to a broken rim. i know i could have sorted something else out but it was a much better tale to say " got up, built a wheel, had breakfast, drove to plymouth"
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Somewhere around 200+ I would guess. It's a real nice part of the job; even so, I turned down a job as a professional wheel-builder as the pay was crap and I think I would have got bored of doing only that.
I've probably fixed/trued/bodged at least 3 thousand though. It's the first thing you need to fix when you're servicing a bike..Posted 1 year ago # -
It's the first thing you need to fix when you're servicing a bike..
Not my bike.
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Latest wheel build.
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Now built three sets, for the fun of it and also to have what I wanted at a decent price. Find it very therapeutic.
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I've built 10-12 pairs over the years. It's good fun if you're in the right mood and it's very satisfying. I started off doing-it-myself when I worked in my LBS as a Saturday boy 15-odd years ago and I've not bought a complete wheel since. I've done a few pairs for family and friends too. Gerd Schraner's book is good too.
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About to go and build a set on 355 rims. Satisfying but not a great deal to be saved over new prices unless you get cheap bits.
Not as hard as you may suspectPosted 1 year ago #
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