Any recommendations for wheel building? Or any definite to avoid?
Looking at CRC – assume they’re OK?

Generally yous gets whats yous pays fors. JRA and strada are both very good.

Matt at 18 Bikes or Sam at LMNH,

Hand built wheels

Matt at 18 for me every time. I know there’s others who are good too.

I have two set of wheels build by him. Both have been totally trouble free. Both have had a lot of use and abuse. My main ones have done 20,000km+ Mainly on a rigid hard tail, often loaded with bikepacking kit. They’ve been checked by him several times during servicing at my request – never needed any adjustment at all.

He builds them properly first time

Moonglu are very good, my ProII on Arch EX’s took two years of abuse on a hardtail followed by another 2 on a full sus before needing a bit of a true and being told the rim was looking a bit knackered! There still being used on the wife hardtail, though she did snap a spoke riding down the road last week!

http://www.spokesmanwheels.co.uk

+1 for moonglu in Ripon. I’ve had a set of flow ex and arch ex from them, both on pro2 hubs. Still running true after 2 years of hammer.

Hope Builds – moonglu

Race/more exotic – JRA

Rich at Keep Pedalling in Manchester