Anyone fancy teaching me how to build a wheel?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qTb3x5VO69Y

"A bike rim... is what links the spokes to the hubs."

Not on my bike, it isn't.

spoke calculator

http://vocabforbreakfast.railsplayground.net/edd/

How to build a bicycle wheel - Part 1 36 Spoke

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qTb3x5VO69Y

2.1

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AOI3uBztvHc

2.2

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9ZsoaAqFM

3.1 truing

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IRvftW0VUd0

3.2 truing

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=h4wsRWb2zmA

^I have used this method on two wheelsets and it worked like a charm. I'm happy to talk you, Festerban, through this at my place and help you build, if you're still looking for a teacher.

Yeah definitely, where d'you live?

I live in E3. At the moment I am at my parents and will be back on Dec 31. Maybe sometime in the new year? nosferatu, do you wanna join, too?

i would but i ended up getting blb to make my rear wheel and i just got a hed3 for the front like 3 days ago so doubt ill be getting a new wheel any time soon, ah shame though i would have liked to learn

What would be the best value hub to use? I'd like to build up some velocity's sometime in the near future, but am on a major budget..I'll be back in N1 soon if anyone is up for taking a n00b for a ride?

I found the cheapest hubs are the SJS Cycles ones - they are £40 for a pair. I believe they are rebranded System Ex's. Roberto once sold Miche low flange hubs for £40, too, but I'm pretty sure that was a one-off.

If you want to join rides there is a Christmas alley cat thread floating about. Check the rides&rides section; there is always something going on.

Looks good shall use that method when i start a new build in the new year, it does look like you have to follow your heart when truing though.

For anyone who has built, whats the longest you here spent truing a wheel ???

For anyone who has built, whats the longest you here spent truing a wheel ???

30 min max for a new one.

I volunteer for the LCC workshop in Tower Hamlets and I once trued a complete Pringle that had 7 spokes broken; that took more than an hour.

I live in E3. At the moment I am at my parents and will be back on Dec 31. Maybe sometime in the new year? nosferatu, do you wanna join, too?

Sounds good to me, thanks for the help, pm me when you can arrange time.

Cheers.

Im happy to teach anyone who wants to know. PM me.

im qualified ;)

and i love both beer and weed, what a coincidence?

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how much cheaper is it to build your own rather than buy a ready-made wheel or pay a shop to make it how you want?

how much cheaper is it to build your own rather than buy a ready-made wheel or pay a shop to make it how you want?

I don't think it is any cheaper as many shops tend to build it free assuming you are buying all the parts from them. But they need to stock all the parts that you want which may limit your options.

I've been noticing lots of people here wanting to learn how to build wheels and wondering whether it's really worth it. If you're only going to build one set of wheels then it's quite a lot to learn. In order to practice you have to build more wheels, but once you've gone and made the ones you need for your next project that's it, you're done. But then you're worried if they'll hold up or turn into a pringle.

If you want to learn just for the sake of learning something new like doing a basket weaving course or pottery, fair enough. But if you're simply doing it to save money then there are enough experienced wheel builders here to do the job well and at a good price or just beers. You can trust that your wheels will be strong and reliable and you won't have spent hours trying to figure this thing out.

So my point is why bother to learn if you're only going to build one set and won't be building any more?

i'd like to learn just because im young and i reckon i'd make plently in my life time, yet i've just got a new wheelset and have no money to buy more just to practise... :(

I suppose if you're really keen and want to practice then you could take it apart and start again. I've actually done this myself being a bit of a wheel building junkie. Just get the cheapest parts or an old wheel. If you have a 36 hole wheel in 3-cross you could relace it 3-leading 3-trailing as the required lengths are the same. Tension it and true it. Take it apart and make it 3-cross again.

That's if you're really keen. Otherwise call in a heating engineer to fix your boiler.

i have a phil laced to hplus son rims im pretty sure id fuck em up and i cant afford to do that

you love to tell people what back wheel you have dont you

I like building wheels since it means that I have truly built my bike back to front myself. I know it inside out and what is up when something is rattling or grinding. Besides, I find wheelbuilding fun and relaxing.

you love to tell people what back wheel you have dont you

not as much as i love telling em bout my front wheel ;)
hahahaha