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spokes - 28/32
budget - spend what I need to on rims and spokes, got hubs here from old wheels I'll probably re-use (DA 7700) Budget is more of an issue for equipment as I don't fancy spending a lot on kit I probably won't use very often, I'm wondering what the most basic set up I can get away with is really or if cheap equipment will suck the enjoyment out of it all and end up with poor results. When I built the bmx wheels as a kid I just did it in the bike, what's the general opinion on that?
rims - Had previous good experience with CXP 23, 33, open pro, velocity a23. Haven't been very impressed by entry level factory campag (scirrocco), miche or fulcrum in the past.
light if poss, suited to climbing and general road use, I'm about 62kg (before xmas) and don't race or tend to abuse equipment.Withered preacher - Thanks, had a look at sheldon, he's quite realistic in his approach I got the sense that sticking with something fairly conventional and nothing too exotic is the general advice there.
t_w - thanks, amazon have it for around £20, pity there's no 'look inside' preview facility on amazon. I imagine there's a lot more advanced info in there than I'll need or what you reckon, suitable for beginner? I'm tempted to see how I go with Sheldon in the first instance.
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No probs. I think investing in actually purchasing his book is best but there are numerous scanned PDFs available on the net for nothing.
Brandt's book covers everything from basic wheel building to the engineering principles underpinning the construction of the wheel so I would always recommend it in just about every wheel building advice context. :-) -
pity there's no 'look inside' preview facility
Now that Jobst is dead, I don't feel too bad about letting you know that it's pretty easy to find his book as a free pdf download. He deserved every penny he made from it, since it was our bible back then and remains a solid grounding in the principles of tensioned-wire wheels.
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Rims if you just want hard as nuts, sjs sells unfancy but reliable kit. Cheaper rims may have a protrusion near seam but unless they're mega cheap shouldn't fail. Mavic A519 are very good, Le 100 kg Manfriend uses them, but I don't know if successor is as good :)
Rigida is an old touring fav. See what sjs uses for their wheels to get an idea :)
In a frame is OK, just a little more hassle as no comfy table to sit behind ^=^
t_w
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JWestland
How many spokes, how tight is your budget, what sort of rim weight / width? :)
Re starting:
Put valve spokes first, leading spokes go towards rotation direction & you can see their spoke head,
Leading goes in first
3 spokes between each spoke
count the crosses in your head when spoking
Probably all very well explained but those are the things I fecked up last times so maybe these help you a bit :)