I've got beers, help me build my wheels

Another for the wheelbuilding meet. I need to buy spokes still but got everything else so i guess i'm on course to be ready for next sunday. How about we meet at polo?

Sounds good.
Shall we start a list for the wheelbuilding masterclass?

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JOL

i'll donate my wheels for someone to build if they feel left out :p

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BRM

talking of wheel building...
How do you measure a spoke? Is it the whole length including the bent bit or is top/centre of bent bit to the end of the thread?
Also, does anone know where you can get a cheap tension meter? Those park tool ones seem f**king expensive for what they are!

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BRM
eyebrows (time dependent) oh and wheel dependent too.

Lets make this into a proper list.

1. JOL
   
2. BRM
   
3. eyebrows (time/wheel dependent)
   
4. asm
   

asm Lets make this into a proper list.

1. JOL
   2. BRM
   
2. eyebrows (time/wheel dependent)
   
3. asm
   
   

I cannot make next Sunday. Fnck.

BRM666 [quote]asm Lets make this into a proper list.

1. JOL
   2. BRM
   
2. eyebrows (time/wheel dependent)
   4. asm
   
   

I cannot make next Sunday. Fnck.[/quote]

Bollocks! Neither can I!! Back in newcastle between 16th-18th nov.

Maybe another weekend would be better....?

The weekend after?

fine with me.

Boo.

eyebrows, do you still wanna swap fronts?!

kinda yeah, but it not so pretty.
i'm gonna get a pic up soon (over weekend)

ChrisNW There's no reason your wheels can't look a bit different without radial spokes.

I just built two wheels up this week, my first wheel build and it went okay.
Took my time, allowed an evening per wheel and just used the bike frame/forks to hold wheel while truing.

Front: 36h 3 leading 3 trailing.
Rear: 36h 3-cross crows foot.

I would say the crows foot was easier to do, and it feels so solid. I used ACI spokes too.

No pics yet.

Pics now available:

Front...

Rear...

Which calculator setting do you use to calculate spoke lengths for a crows foot (is it same as 2 cross)?

sorry JOL I kind of whish i could build my back wheel that weekend too.. but i also need to go to newcastle to get the rest of the bits for the bike..

Sorry, this will prob post twice...

Crows foot: for 36h rims I used 24 3-cross + 12 radial spokes. By using 3 cross spokes you get a wheel that transfers the torque better that 2 cross. This meant I had to overlap the 'toes' of the crows feet. It still looks pretty neat on the bike with a 6 pointed star effect around the hub.