Wheel builders in London

So my wheels got kicked in outside a pub last week (thanks whoever that was!). Managed to salvage the hubs but need some new rims laced onto them. Evans in Camberwell is closest shop to me, anyone had any wheels built there and know how good they are, seems to have quite a few track bikes in so maybe know what there doing.

Was gonna go for some deep V's but just found out Brick Lane only do 32 spokes on 28's which i need, shit!

i totally meant to write Edwards, must have evans on the brain!!!

give arup a yell, ten quid is all he charges. From all reports they are well built.

There you go.

http://yogarup-com.pregnancyoga.com/wheels/

nice man.

yeah go with arup, he did me a nice rear one

cool cheers just dropped him an email.

What did you want to build? 2-cross? 3-cross? Radial? Hybrid? Cycle fit can do all of the above, Condor can do the first three.

Condor wheels aren'tthat great apparently

From what I understand (I may be wrong ,I reguarly am!) hybrid has little value on a zero dish wheel such as a fixed gear.

No? I don't own any from them but what do they get wrong?

TheBrick From what I understand (I may be wrong ,I reguarly am!) hybrid has little value on a zero dish wheel such as a fixed gear.

Are you thinking asymmetric?

was just gonna go for a regular 3 cross. what is the advantage/ dis advantage of a radial front?

ahh ok so your refering to the one in three radial and then the rest with whatever cross pattern then yeah?

Like I said I am often wrong.

the spoke style that involves twisting the spokes in pairs around each other does that work or do you just end up with a really loose feeling rear wheel it just doesn't look like the tension is possible ?

Conan was just gonna go for a regular 3 cross. what is the advantage/ dis advantage of a radial front?

http://www.geocities.com/spokeanwheel/lacingrl.htm

Good little article.

Basicaly it is lateraly strong, good for a front wheel. It is not however very good at transfering the drive force so is no good for rear wheels. That is where the hybride patterns (which I confuse myself with the asymetrical rear wheel patterns) come in liek the one above. The web site I posted has loads of info.

I just stick to 3 cross personaly as it is easy to do.

the spoke style that involves twisting the spokes in pairs around each other does that work or do you just end up with a really loose feeling rear wheel it just doesn't look like the tension is possible ?

I tried that one once and it looked cool but it was crap strength wise. You have to bend the spoke. This means that the spoke has to go past it's yeild strength. Once it is past this point is looses most of it's elastisaty. Very important for a wheel!

Does Monty still build wheels at Condor? I still got a pair he built me twenty odd years ago, couriered on them for three years, toured, took em off road... rear axle broke...

That's crow's foot pattern lacing...

dicki the spoke style that involves twisting the spokes in pairs around each other does that work or do you just end up with a really loose feeling rear wheel it just doesn't look like the tension is possible ?

No, it's shit. It looks good, if that's your thing but that's where the advantages end. Monty is an excellent wheelbuilder as far as I know. He still builds wheels every now and then.

Radial lacing puts a huge amount of stress on the spoke holes of the hubs so i recommend only doing it on high flange front hubs (where there is more metal between the holes).

When building a wheel you must make sure you get the correct length spokes that correspond to your hub and rim