-
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.
gbj_tester-
My 'look inside' comment probably looks a bit snide in hindsight, I was more referring to 'looking inside' to gauge whether the content was too advanced before buying a copy.
Got a couple of leads now thanks to you guys, tempted to try Zinn because I like the title. Don't feel so bad about just getting stuck in on the frame with the basics now aswell. Posted the same q on retro bike and the consensus was unless I'm going into full scale production then the frame would be fine, got a good tip about hanging it rather than upside downing a whole bike.
With regards to rims, will probably stick with rims I've ridden in the past, however a bit put off using my 7700 hubs now which are 28/28. A few people have advised to use 36 for the first attempts. Think I'm going to respace an old freewheel hub and build a singe speed rear for the first attempt then I'll maybe build up to a dished wheel next time round.
Thanks for the advice so far, I'll update the thread with some results soon hopefully.
at313
beach
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.