Wheel building for polo

Roll nice too, shame the front is QR only though.

QR for the front is ok though. Use an allen key skewer and there won't be anything to catch

I do.

If not trials, specialists like Surly:

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/surly-rear-hubs-917-p.asp

Could also go eccentric:

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/white-industries-eno-eccentric-rear-hub-1366-p.asp

Surly make 135 flip-flop hubs too.

stay away from surly hubs. bearings are useless, and will just bring problems.

Surly use adjustable thrust bearings in a standard size. You will ruin then if (like I did) you don't know to adjust the play out. Almost nowhere stocks the angular thrust 7901and will try to sell you the 6901, straight bearing in the same size casing. The straight bearing won't support the same axial loads as the 7901 so you'll kill them.

Screw on freewheel you mean?

Trials hubs.

Some double sided, some with disc mounts - http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/135mm_fixed_hubs/c21.html

bit pricy and possibly overkill

If not trials, specialists like Surly:

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/surly-rear-hubs-917-p.asp

Could also go eccentric:

http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/white-industries-eno-eccentric-rear-hub-1366-p.asp

surly is sold out and the WI is only 32h. looks proper sweet though!

stay away from surly hubs. bearings are useless, and will just bring problems.

gotcha, thanks

Surly use adjustable thrust bearings in a standard size. You will ruin then if (like I did) you don't know to adjust the play out. Almost nowhere stocks the angular thrust 7901and will try to sell you the 6901, straight bearing in the same size casing. The straight bearing won't support the same axial loads as the 7901 so you'll kill them.

... Yeah

I like my DMR revolvers.

these look like the winner. affordable and reputable??

I win!

you win, bob!

Woot, also for possible extra win this is cheap.

that is cheap indeed, but i'm a tart and would probably go for the same front and rear. looks like they've only got the rear

value for money, that one is reallyyyy good

the PX one??

yep, just 20GN. that´s nothing!

Does that take cassette sprockets or a screw-on freewheel?

looks like screw-on whatever, so no as good!

It looks like a cassette type sprocket from here.

Sort of like this but without the width

Not sure what the bits that looks like threads are for. I have a hub with a similar body, the lockring screws into he end.

I think early Shimano cassettes had a threaded top sprocket which acted as the lockring too. The resultant threading on the freehub body seems to have persisted (to some degree) ever since.

I'll avoid that one then.

So far wheel build looks like DMR Revolver hub + Sapim Strong spokes. Suggestions for 36h rim? Salsa Gordo? Halo?
would be nice to have something fairly light anyway

There's loads of choice in 36h. The Salsa Gordo has good reviews. Halo are pretty strong but not the lightest in the world.
Also depends how wide you want to go.

Mavic ex721

Mavic ex721

+1, or retro D521, which you can get pretty cheap, and seem to be exactly the same. I get them second hand off retrobike or ebay, usually £10 or so for the rim, or get a dated wheel and strip it off. Welded join ftw.

the D521 are great, great rim, (even better than the newer 721??) but the bad thing is you can not find any new any more.

second hand ones, are tricky, if the rim has been bent in one spot, they will always tent to bend again for the same spot, so no so kind in a second hand dated wheel

thanks ever so much, gents. Oz mentioned width, which I hadn't thought about. Used to running 700c, but what should I look for in 26" in terms of width? do rims come in a standard width or are they all different?