I don’t f***king believe it.
Finally spoke to the resident ‘wheel builder’ who has now decided that he can’t build wheels very well and he’s not done a good enough job of the one and hasn’t started the other because of it. apparently he can ‘replace spokes and true them OK’ but can’t get them built properly because it’s ‘such an art’.
It is now apparent that their proper wheel builder actually died at Christmas and he’s been trying to cover for him – none of this was made clear to me when I booked them in – and he’s been trying to get them sorted but not very well.
He also couldn’t find my phone number – a little odd as the owner confirmed it earlier and he’d got my name and address, and I’m listed in the local phone book.
When asked why they are advertising wheel building, including a price list on a wall in the shop he said they had now taken it down. This place is just round the corner from where I work but unfortunately I’m working off site for the next few days so can’t go & check.
I’ve now got one not very well built wheel and a second hub with knackered rim and separate good rim sitting in this shop.
Looks like I’m going to be buying myself a new jig soon and getting back into the world of wheel building…….