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PepOne
Not if you build them yourself 😀
Wheelbuilding is a skill, but one which can be replicated fairly easily by an unskilled operator using the right algorithm. The target is a circular wheel with uniform and correct spoke tension. A good builder will get closer to this end quicker, by an amount which exceeds the ratio of his hourly rate to that of a monkey. In other words, if the monkey spends enough time to get a good result, he will have to be fed more peanuts than the skilled builder.