approx prices for lacing up some new rims?

hi,
I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
but currently don't have proper equipment.

So any ideas what i should expect to pay?

"dejonica" <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting
to know
> the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
> I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience
etc
> but currently don't have proper equipment.
>
> So any ideas what i should expect to pay?

Hmm.. around $40 per wheel I think?
I paid $100 for a rear Deore hub, spokes and lacing.

hippy

dejonica <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
> I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
> the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
> I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
> but currently don't have proper equipment.

> So any ideas what i should expect to pay?


It'll cost from 50c to over $1 per spoke and around $25 labour.

I've been thinking about learning to do DIY wheels
lately too.

These are the costs I've got so far:

- Truing stand $150+
- Dishing Tool $80+
- Cone wrenches $30+
$260+

Looking at the retail costs of hubs and road rims, it's a bit hit
and miss on whether it's worth it financially.

But I'll still give it a go just for "I can do that" thrill

--
Nick

"NickZX6R" <zx6r@thegarbage.angrydwarf.net> wrote in message
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> dejonica <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> These are the costs I've got so far:
>
> - Truing stand $150+
> - Dishing Tool $80+

Do you really need these for DIY?? I have built a couple of wheels for
myself and both times used the bike the wheel will run in as the combined
truing stand/dishing tool. I use both measurement from the chainstays and
sighting along the wheel to the main tubes for dishing and a screwdriver
blade resting on the chainstay for roundness. I know I am not building race
wheels or anything, but $200+ is not trivial in my books.

Sure, if you know what you are doing and are building (lots of) race quality
wheels then you could justify the above but for simple DIY - sounds like an
excuse to buy some more toys :-)

Brian

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:08:54 GMT, "dejonica" <dejonica@_hotmail.com>
wrote:

>hi,
>I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
>the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
>I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
>but currently don't have proper equipment.
>
>So any ideas what i should expect to pay?

It depends on how good a job you want and whether or not you can find
someone really good.

I was charged $50 in late 2002 to build a 10 speed Chorus/Mavic Open
Pro back wheel. The price included the DT comp spokes. I'm not a
lightweight. I've done about 10,000 km on them since then. They
haven't needed to be touched and are still completely true. That's
what I call a quality job.


--
Regards.
Richard.

Hi,

Did you buy the FIR rims that Phantom Cycles currently have on sale? I
would be interested in hearing about the quality of these rims, and
how they compare to other brands. I am unfamiliar with the FIR brand?

Sorry, cannot help with the cost of lacing wheels, but I would be
interested in hearing the answers to that as well.

Sasha

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:08:54 GMT, "dejonica" <dejonica@_hotmail.com>
wrote:

>hi,
>I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
>the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
>I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
>but currently don't have proper equipment.
>
>So any ideas what i should expect to pay?
>
>

All you need to start with is a spoke key. You can use the bike frame
for both truing stand and dishing gauge. Not as quick nor quite as
accurate as using the real tools, but you can build a perfectly reliable
wheel using just the frame and a spoke key. Remove the brakes and tape a
piece of card across the stays/forks to true against. Mark where the
edge of the rim at the valve hole meets the card. Flip the wheel around
and mark again. Half way between the two marks is where the wheel is
correctly dished.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html has good information on
wheelbuilding and http://www.sheldonbrown.com/rinard/spocalc.htm is a
good spoke length calculator.

Nick

dejonica wrote:
> hi,
> I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
> the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
> I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
> but currently don't have proper equipment.
>
> So any ideas what i should expect to pay?
>
>

Brian Watson <not4smurf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "NickZX6R" <zx6r@thegarbage.angrydwarf.net> wrote in message
> news:c1edpm$1tpj$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au...
>> dejonica <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote:

> [...]

>> These are the costs I've got so far:
>>
>> - Truing stand $150+
>> - Dishing Tool $80+

> Do you really need these for DIY?? I have built a couple of wheels for
> myself and both times used the bike the wheel will run in as the combined
> truing stand/dishing tool. I use both measurement from the chainstays and
> sighting along the wheel to the main tubes for dishing and a screwdriver
> blade resting on the chainstay for roundness. I know I am not building race
> wheels or anything, but $200+ is not trivial in my books.

> Sure, if you know what you are doing and are building (lots of) race quality
> wheels then you could justify the above but for simple DIY - sounds like an
> excuse to buy some more toys :-)

> Brian


Undoubtedly an excuse for toys

But also handy if you need the bike and won't be building the wheels in a hurry
I guess. I dunno - I've never built wheels.

How long does it take you lace up a wheel Brian? I mean from initial assembly
until ready to go on the bike.

--
Nick

I don't know much about FIR rims either but they have been used as OEM
wheels on Bianchis for some time.

--
Nick


> Hi,

> Did you buy the FIR rims that Phantom Cycles currently have on sale? I
> would be interested in hearing about the quality of these rims, and
> how they compare to other brands. I am unfamiliar with the FIR brand?

> Sorry, cannot help with the cost of lacing wheels, but I would be
> interested in hearing the answers to that as well.

> Sasha

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 02:08:54 GMT, "dejonica" <dejonica@_hotmail.com>
> wrote:

>>hi,
>>I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
>>the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
>>I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
>>but currently don't have proper equipment.
>>
>>So any ideas what i should expect to pay?
>>
>>

"NickZX6R" <zx6r@thegarbage.angrydwarf.net> wrote in message
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> Brian Watson <not4smurf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "NickZX6R" <zx6r@thegarbage.angrydwarf.net> wrote in message
> > news:c1edpm$1tpj$1@arachne.labyrinth.net.au...
> >> dejonica <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote:

[...]

> How long does it take you lace up a wheel Brian? I mean from initial
assembly
> until ready to go on the bike.

Really hard to say. I've only done 2 so I still get a bit "excited" about
doing it. I get home with the spokes and don't really have time to do it so
I grab 10mins here and there when I can and stick a few spokes in - maybe
30 - 45 mins for that. Then I spend maybe an hour sitting down doing the
tension/true/stress relieve. I don't know if I have just been lucky but
both have come out really well despite starting with old, bent, rims! Mind
you neither have many kilometres on them yet, but the look true and don't
creak. I think patience is the key - when I first put the spokes in I screw
the nipples on until the thread just disappears on all spokes, then I just
keep going round and round doing first half, then quarter, turns until it is
taught. Both times this has given me a wheel that is round and very nearly
true. Then minor truing adjustments, stress relieve and final true. For
the first one I had a printed copy of Sheldon Brown's instructions beside
me. For the second I just looked at another wheel to double check that I
was starting with the first spoke going the right way - it just sort of
flows from there. I can't wait to do the next one!

BTW, there have been people in this thread saying they are getting wheels
built for ~$50 including spokes! This seems good value as quite a few shops
charge between $0.65 and $1.50 each for decent spokes! I am pretty sure my
LBS charges $40 plus spokes - which I still think is still pretty good. I
reckon pay someone to do it unless (like me) you are keen on DIY.

Brian
> --
> Nick

Dejonica wrote:
> hi, I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting
> to know the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs? I was
> planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc but
> currently don't have proper equipment.
> So any ideas what i should expect to pay?


A good shop I know quotes $25 plus spokes to build. Good stainles
straight gauge spokes are about 80c each. Butted spokes are dearer but
little better

I have built wheels for my family for years now, using a stand I mad
from steel angle. Careful measurement is required to ensure accurac
when building a stand

Good wheels last a long time, so you probably don't save much mone
building them yourself. The gains come from confidence in the product
knowledge of how to true and the ability to build or re-build a whee
when you want. I have twice replaced damaged rims on Saturday nights s
I could ride again on Sunday

John Retchfor


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"sashan (nospam) (Sasha Nackovski)" <@alphalink.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> Did you buy the FIR rims that Phantom Cycles currently have on sale? I
> would be interested in hearing about the quality of these rims, and
> how they compare to other brands. I am unfamiliar with the FIR brand?
>
> Sorry, cannot help with the cost of lacing wheels, but I would be
> interested in hearing the answers to that as well.
>
> Sasha

Hi,
yeah i got the last set of 36 hole rims apparently..
I should be getting them today so it'll be interesting to see what theyre
like..
At the moment i have two different rims on the bike (bought it 2nd hand). a
UKAI and a velocity aerohead and this is the 1st road bike i've had in 13
years so i wouldn't be qualified to judge the FIR's against anything else

if i get them laced up and they dont bend under my big butt, then i'll be
happy (oh, and if they offer some decent braking performance it'll be a
bonus)

dejonica:

> hi,
> I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
> the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
> I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
> but currently don't have proper equipment.
>
> So any ideas what i should expect to pay?

I think it's worthwhile building your own wheels, not necessarily from a
cost saving viewpoint but from a DIY-learning new skills one. I think
it's also worthwhile investing in a truing stand and dishing tool.
These don't have to be expensive; Minoura have reasonable ones. Buying
a truing stand/dishing tool combo may set you back around $200; shop
around. Bear in mind that not only will you build new wheels with
these, but you can also check and re-true/re-tension old wheels.

Using your bike or making your own can work, but it's a lot more
convenient using a stand.

In article <Wmy_b.2$IH5.222@news.optus.net.au>, dejonica@_hotmail.com
says...
> hi,
> I got some new rims yesterday from phantomcycles. I was just wanting to know
> the approx cost of getting these laced up to my hubs?
> I was planning on doing it myself as a bit of a project/new experience etc
> but currently don't have proper equipment.

You can lace them in your hanging bike. Just need a spoke key.



--
Mark Lee

> I've been thinking about learning to do DIY wheels
> lately too.
>
> These are the costs I've got so far:
>
> - Truing stand $150+
> - Dishing Tool $80+
> - Cone wrenches $30+
> $260+
>

I only have a truing stand - just reverse the wheel to check dish! A
spoke wrench is $18? for a Park tool? Cone wrenches are a general
maintenance tool not used in wheel building.
--
Mark Lee