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I want to bother to get some practice building a wheel and if I can get a suitable rim for £50 then it's cheaper than £100
If you just want to build a wheel for practice, there are better options. Without even dropping down to components you wouldn't actually want to ride, something like a Rodi Airline 4 rim and a Shimano 4600 hub and 36 DT Comps comes to under £50 in total including shipping for a wheel which anybody can build which will serve as an emergency spare for when you break your Zonda again. Shop around and you can probably get an even better deal, for example ACI spokes are just as good and about half the price of DT. You'll learn much more about wheel building by assembling a 36H 3X wheel with J-bend spokes than you will from what is basically just a rim swap on a wheel with radial straight-pull spokes.
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I want to bother to get some practice building a wheel.
Start with an easy 32 holes wheels rather than diving into the deep end with factory build low spoke count wheels.
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I know they are nothing special. I want to bother to get some practice building a wheel and if I can get a suitable rim for £50 then it's cheaper than £100. Appreciate the advice. Thanks
Any advice on finding the erd? I have dumped the old rim and tech documents don't seem to help.