Wheel building?

How easy is to respoke a set of wheels? ps this is my first time................

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not hard, give it a go. if not £10 and i'll do it.

I used http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOI3uBztvHc-
didnt stop me cocking up the lacing of one, but none have fallen apart yet!

go for it, i did a start of january, piss of piss

if your worried just take your time and concentrate.
i dont think you can really do any damage to anything and someone like dale would be able to remedy it anyway for a £10

you just gain experience i rekon

well i said that recently and a forumenger, who i won't mention, trashed the spokes on 2 wheels.

mullerbugs? he he

on 2 ....

i would have stopped after trashing the 1st.

For me, the best bit of advice on the Sheldon Brown site, was to give yourself loads of time and not to try and finish the wheels in one sitting.

I nearly throw one of mine out the window after spending ages trying to true it (not a patient man). A couple of days later I tried again and it just seemed to true up by itself.

I'd recommend giving it a shot.

cheers guys ive done everything on my single speed conversion myself so far so will prob give it a go. ps my bike hasnt fallen apart yes. so cant be so bad!......lol

It can save some cash building your own. Plus you'll have the kit and know-how to keep your wheel true and strong for longer. It's worth learning IMO.

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and search this forum for a spoke calculator. Someone on here programmed a really neat one.

I know its from a BMXer and is focusing on building a 48 spoke wheel BUT I learnt from this and it gives a really strong wheel with thr extra weave of the spokes- might be worth a look as it says to make a cuppa twice during the build! & George is a top bloke in the whole.
http://www.gsportbmx.com/tech/guide_wheelbuilding.php

sweet. hey what are tubular tyres/ wheels? are they hassle for a bike i jus ride on the road and commute with. relaibility and easy maintanence is my aim.

sweet. hey what are tubular tyres/ wheels? are they hassle for a bike i jus ride on the road and commute with. relaibility and easy maintanence is my aim.

Expensive habit for a commute bike. Tubbs have no inner tube, are cylindrical and require very high PSI. I'd recommend using the search function as this thread is on a different topic*.

*not that a LFGSS thread has ever gone off topic

they still have to have inner tubes of some description, cloth isn't very airtight

they still have to have inner tubes of some description, cloth isn't very airtight

Obviously they're made up of layers of compounds. But to say they have an inner tube (that can be changed when you get a puncture) is a mistake.

Expensive habit for a commute bike. Tubbs have no inner tube, are cylindrical and require very high PSI.

I prefer my tubbed wheels to the clincher ones. I think the feel a bit nicer to ride on. Basically if you puncture a tub you have to either stick some latex in it if its a small hole/ or change the tub if its a big one. It is theoretically possible to repair a tub once it has been punctured but this involves unpicking the stitching etc to get into the inside of it. Which is a big ball of ache. Oh yeah and they are glued/taped to the rim rather than hooking on.

yes it was me who made a balls up of my first attempt! I'll def give it another go til i get it right, and like Dogsballs says failing that he can fix em for you relatively cheap and super quick so whats the worst you can do.

If anything from my first experience take care with threading the spokes, its quite precise the reason i went wrong was because i was like a bull in a china shop. Had i taken my time and been more methodical i'm sure it would have been a different outcome! (well i'm hoping)

Good luck anyhows.

i agree tubbs do feel nice to ride on, i used them on the road for 3 years but if your riding fixed in London then between skid patches & shards of every description it's not at all practical for a commute bike. Folding Clinchers FTW.

now... back to wheel building.
Anyone got any black nipples for a build?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Alloy-Spoke-Nipples-Bag-of-50-Black-NEW-Halo_W0QQitemZ110295861211QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR?hash=item110295861211&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

nothing to do with me - but i was going to use these for my current fixed project till some really nice wheels came up on the bay. they also do other colours too

not hard, give it a go. if not £10 and i'll do it.

your so cheap DB

FTW

FTW

linseed oil, the natural (cheaper) alternative

The spokeprep stuff is amazing though. Really glues the nipples on, but then acts as a lube when enough force applied, when tensioning/ truing.

One of those rare 'does what it says on the tin' products.