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Haaah. Tea, beer, more tea, more beer.... Sounds right. But I don't drink either tea or beer. And ain't got no tv either. Does that mean I'm condemned to build bad wheels? I'll sub all that with youtube and ginger beer and a whole lot of rice and maffé sauce.

Thanks guys! I'll let you know how it went.

Guys I'm a novice and thinking about building my first wheel soon. Its an old 27 1 1/4 weinmann vintage wheel with 36holes. I will be lacing it to a system ex 36h hub and probably dt swiss spokes. I will ask the bike store to calculate the spoke lenght for me. Does anyone have tips for a beginner. I checked some interesting tutorials on ebay- it seems easy to get the spokes into the holes correctly but truing is something else. All tips welcome

So you were able to remove your seized stem with the product from halfords? I have been having some problems with a stem that has seized as well. I tried coke, wd40 and the hammer. The bolt is loose and down in the fork but the actual stem itself is still stuck. Any suggestions?

To sausagefingers: yeah true dat. The mechanic at the shop was cool though at blb. But it does seem that some of the salesmen in the shop don't know shit about bikes and are cunts. Lol. Thanks for the encouragement. I shall lace them motherfuckers how I want.
To east end images: It is true that those wheels were use competitively ages ago. Plus these wheels have been on my bike ages and are still fine all this time. I now believe that newly made rims are shittier.
thanks for the 411

Does anyone know if its worth it to lace up one of them vintage weinmann 27 1 1/4 rims to fixed hubs. I went to BLB today and the bike mechanic told me it was not worth it because those rims are to fragile and they could bend if I hit a pavement. Suggestions anyone?

Yes, true! Forget Abus, its no good. Go for the kryptonite D-lock. The yellow and orange ones are better. Bike theft really sucks. Got 2 bikes stolen in Switzerland already.

HI people, I'm also looking for cheap rear (track) hubs. I'm in London and have been wondering where I could buy dimension trucks. I heard they were cheap and good quality. Either that or IRO/Formula hubs. Heard they were made by the same company. Anyone got info let me know.