Come to think of it now, the above mentioned local old boy wheel builder turned out to be a bit of a fraud. He built me some touring wheels as well and I later noticed that he must have miscalculated buying the spokes as he put an 's bend' in one to bring it down to length. I'm no expert but that doesn't seem to me to be quality workmanship.
I saw him in the bank a few months later and he avoided eye contact which is always suspicious.
Come to think of it now, the above mentioned local old boy wheel builder turned out to be a bit of a fraud. He built me some touring wheels as well and I later noticed that he must have miscalculated buying the spokes as he put an 's bend' in one to bring it down to length. I'm no expert but that doesn't seem to me to be quality workmanship.
I saw him in the bank a few months later and he avoided eye contact which is always suspicious.