Wheel Building

I thought they did training. I'd love to build the wheels myself (I have the book and access to sheldon's website and a spoke key) but I don't have the time to do it with the little one now, and I don't have the space to have half-built wheels and a child at the same time. Obviously, if the consensus advice is it will not take me more than a couple hours...

I built my first wheel just following the sheldon guide. Its all you need. My rear wheel has been rock solid for the 3 years since, and it once got hit by a car too.

There are many spoke calculators online. The spokes will probably work out to a common length used in 26" mtb wheels.