When putting bikes together, I love the opportunity that you get to meet new people.
I bought the frame off saarf on this forum so it seemed only fitting that I get someone off the forum to build the wheels for me. A quick search found a bunch of people raving about Arup..
It also helped that he's not far down the road from me in Sydenham.
I dropped the rims and hubs to him on Sunday, he emailed me back with the spoke lengths on Monday, I ordered the spokes to be delivered directly on Arup on Monday (as I could get them cheaper) and on Wednesday, I have built wheels! Talk about a true gent. I'd thoroughly recommend him and he even graciously took the following photos during the build process. Here you go:
When putting bikes together, I love the opportunity that you get to meet new people.
I bought the frame off saarf on this forum so it seemed only fitting that I get someone off the forum to build the wheels for me. A quick search found a bunch of people raving about Arup..
It also helped that he's not far down the road from me in Sydenham.
I dropped the rims and hubs to him on Sunday, he emailed me back with the spoke lengths on Monday, I ordered the spokes to be delivered directly on Arup on Monday (as I could get them cheaper) and on Wednesday, I have built wheels! Talk about a true gent. I'd thoroughly recommend him and he even graciously took the following photos during the build process. Here you go: