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and i love both beer and weed, what a coincidence?

Im also happy to give anyone advice on choices of components, as a have fairly good experience building with most popular choices. Just out the goodness of my little heart like :)

After noticing the interest in learning to build wheels I have decided to put my skills to work. If anyone wants to know how then PM me. (ive built dozens of track/ road/ mtb wheels and im DT Swiss qualified)

Also if anyone just wants wheels built I will happily do so, Undercutting shop prices of course. Turnaround could usually be next day if required for 2 wheels.

Maybe should have posted this in Classified and shopping, but hey-ho.

im qualified ;)

Im happy to teach anyone who wants to know. PM me.

TA specialities are nice and strong but i think they sell for £30 up. Wiggle/chain reaction

using superlight inner tubes on a fixie riding London streets? there in lies your problem.
Playswellwithotters - true that, they be great for saving ojn rotational weight, in the right situation.

1.1's are great, open pros are also brilliant. The main reason Open Sports dont compare is that they are just a bit weak. (I folded one once stressing a wheel id just built!) But the best tip i can give is dont listen to scene twats like Dave Pickett.

built up a set of black ones yesterday and they seem solid as. They are definately not made by Giant and if you compare them to the bowery wheels they look completely different. Nice though, definately builds better than a deep V. Then again what doesnt?

honestly dude there are a few threadless bb's available that should work fine
If ur really having difficulty, cant be fucked il check it out for you
would hate to see a frame go to waste

the reason you dont see it anymore is because way to many components failed big time.
why not remove some 'fat' from urself before destroying ur wheels fat pants?

ps. in most cases weightweenies are complete twats and should not be listened to.

I do hate myself for resorting to such brutal tactics.

ive worked on a quill stem bike with the stem **fully **seized, tried all of the above in the shop but in the end the only thing for it was to cut the stem and throw the forks. Sounds like a waste but it does happen. Ammonia is really good for getting rid of alu. oxide but it fuckin stinks!

Lurker, bad luck mate, my brother did it last year and lost the tip of his finger. Bet u wont do it again in a hurry?

Watch wandsworth in the monings at the moment. I cased it hard this morning between wandsworth and putney on the ice. I was doing sick wheel spins all the way up Putney hill.

im a fully qualified mechanic by the way.

system ex hubs are great value and nice and smooth, all other hubs of this particular design are made by the same people (formula) so if you want them in black go for formula as they work out slightly cheaper without the branding.

the word 'look' has been used far too many times in this thread. Doesnt sound like you give a shit about what it looks like right? Velocity Deep v's (and i realise that im commiting sacrilige here) are not particuarly good quality rims, and only worth going for if u want the look. There will be no aerodynamic advantages to using such a wheel (its a single speed after all) aerodynamics are discountable unless your reachin 25 mph approx.
I would recommend A mavic open pro. Sports are noticably less robust. I have built wheels with all the rims talked about above and none of them build better than an open pro (or ultimately a dt swiss rr 1.1 but they are pricey)
Fuck the deep section, its so not necessary
I think im ready for the abuse ;)

This is a seriously impractical bike for almost any use except actual timetrials. The bike is also hideously too small for him and a bit flash for a first roadbike, bear in mind damage will likely be done as he learns the finer points of roadbiking, this is a great bike for its purpose but is simply the wrong bike for what he sounds like he wants to do.

I ride both carbon racers and steel hack bikes/ mtbs. carbon is generally considered very strong, definately comparable to alu. or steel, hit a car at 25 on a carbon bike and ul see what happens often comes out ok :)

generally steel and carbon perform similarly in comparison to alu. Steel is so much cheaper and yes i guess it is style to.The flex that carbon and steel offer also irons out the stiffness of the wheels (big flanges) Probably just down to the way these types of bikes are used (ie in the city all the time) Its more down to why aluminium isnt used very much.