Re: Are there any high volume bike wheel builders left in the USA?

bfd

Jim Marriott <jim2004@jmarriott.com> wrote in message news:<BCA0CCA1.51DC%jim2004@jmarriott.com>...
> Does anyone know of a high volume bike wheel builder in the USA? Road,
> mountain and kids bike wheels and maybe even wheel chair wheels?
>
>
Why do you need or want a "high volume" wheel builder? Do you think
these "high volume builders" would built a better wheel? maybe
cheaper?

Are there any LBS near you who built wheels? If so, use them. A good
shop that knows how to built wheels is a very valuable resource.

If not, you'll hear names like Joe Young, Dave Thomas (speeddream
wheels) and on this group, Peter Chisholm at www.vecchios.com and
Sheldon Brown (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/wheels.html) are all
known for building excellent wheels.

Alternatively, if you're mechanically-inclined, buy "The Bicycle
Wheel" by Jobst Brandt (who also frequent this group) and learn how to
build wheels yourself.

SMMB

Dear B.F.D. (and we know what that means...)

Yours is a rant, not an answer to a question. Ease off !! There are such
things as simple questions.
--
Bonne route,

Sandy
Paris FR

"bfd" <bfd853@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de :
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> Jim Marriott <jim2004@jmarriott.com> wrote in message
news:<BCA0CCA1.51DC%jim2004@jmarriott.com>...
> > Does anyone know of a high volume bike wheel builder in the USA? Road,
> > mountain and kids bike wheels and maybe even wheel chair wheels?
> >
> >
> Why do you need or want a "high volume" wheel builder? Do you think
> these "high volume builders" would built a better wheel? maybe
> cheaper?
>
> Are there any LBS near you who built wheels? If so, use them. A good
> shop that knows how to built wheels is a very valuable resource.
>
> If not, you'll hear names like Joe Young, Dave Thomas (speeddream
> wheels) and on this group, Peter Chisholm at www.vecchios.com and
> Sheldon Brown (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/wheels.html) are all
> known for building excellent wheels.
>
> Alternatively, if you're mechanically-inclined, buy "The Bicycle
> Wheel" by Jobst Brandt (who also frequent this group) and learn how to
> build wheels yourself.

bfd

"SMMB" <leurre@free.fr> wrote in message news:<c5hb24$75c$1@news.tiscali.fr>...
> Dear B.F.D. (and we know what that means...)
>
> Yours is a rant, not an answer to a question. Ease off !! There are such
> things as simple questions.
> --
> Bonne route,
>
> Sandy
> Paris FR
>
> "bfd" <bfd853@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de :
> news:9411a749.0404130849.121aafc7@posting.google.com...
> > Jim Marriott <jim2004@jmarriott.com> wrote in message
> news:<BCA0CCA1.51DC%jim2004@jmarriott.com>...
> > > Does anyone know of a high volume bike wheel builder in the USA? Road,
> > > mountain and kids bike wheels and maybe even wheel chair wheels?
> > >
> > >
> > Why do you need or want a "high volume" wheel builder? Do you think
> > these "high volume builders" would built a better wheel? maybe
> > cheaper?
> >
> > Are there any LBS near you who built wheels? If so, use them. A good
> > shop that knows how to built wheels is a very valuable resource.
> >
> > If not, you'll hear names like Joe Young, Dave Thomas (speeddream
> > wheels) and on this group, Peter Chisholm at www.vecchios.com and
> > Sheldon Brown (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/wheels.html) are all
> > known for building excellent wheels.
> >
> > Alternatively, if you're mechanically-inclined, buy "The Bicycle
> > Wheel" by Jobst Brandt (who also frequent this group) and learn how to
> > build wheels yourself.

This is interesting. Sandy, a top poster, accuses me of making a
"rant" and not answering the question. Au contraire, but I believed I
*answered* the question.

First, I ask why did the OP need a "high volume" wheel builder? Was it
because such a builder would built a better wheel? Or maybe the OP
thought this "high volume" builder would be cheaper.

Second, I then provided names of several builders who arguably could
be consider *high volume*, which is undefined; yet had reputations for
building excellent wheels (which I presume is what the OP wants).

Finally, I stated that if the OP was mechanically-inclined, there was
an excellent book available that could be purchased. Where's the rant?

BaCardi

Smmb wrote:
> Dear B.F.D. (and we know what that means...)
> Yours is a rant, not an answer to a question. Ease off !! There are such
> things as simple questions.
> --
> Bonne route,
> Sandy Paris FR
> "bfd" <bfd853@yahoo.com> a écrit dans le message de : news:9411a749.040-
> 4130849.121aafc7@posting.google.comnews:9411a749.0404130849.121aafc7@po-
> sting.google.com...
> > Jim Marriott <jim2004@jmarriott.com> wrote in message
> news:<BCA0CCA1.51DC%jim2004@jmarriott.com>...
> > > Does anyone know of a high volume bike wheel builder in the USA?
> > > Road, mountain and kids bike wheels and maybe even wheel chair
> > > wheels?
> > >
> > >
> > Why do you need or want a "high volume" wheel builder? Do you think
> > these "high volume builders" would built a better wheel? maybe
> > cheaper?
> >
> > Are there any LBS near you who built wheels? If so, use them. A good
> > shop that knows how to built wheels is a very valuable resource.
> >
> > If not, you'll hear names like Joe Young, Dave Thomas (speeddream
> > wheels) and on this group, Peter Chisholm at www.vecchios.com and
> > Sheldon Brown (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/wheels.htmlhttp://w-
> > ww.sheldonbrown.com/harris/wheels.html) are all known for building
> > excellent wheels.
> >
> > Alternatively, if you're mechanically-inclined, buy "The Bicycle
> > Wheel" by Jobst Brandt (who also frequent this group) and learn how to
> > build wheels yourself.

I'm with Sandy on this one. The obvious gushing and pushiness of
steering the original poster to do business with those socially
acceptable (anyone not high-volume) is really not warranted and not
aimed at helping the guy at all.








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Jeff Wills

>
> First, I ask why did the OP need a "high volume" wheel builder? Was it
> because such a builder would built a better wheel? Or maybe the OP
> thought this "high volume" builder would be cheaper.
>

The OP asked about several types of wheels- road, mountain, kids,
wheelchair. He (she) did not specify *why* or *what quality*. Thus,
*I* pointed out that pre-assembled wheels are available from most any
distributor, and, by extension, any shop. I simply answered the
question, without questioning his (her) motives.

Jeff

BaCardi

Jeff Wills wrote:
> > First, I ask why did the OP need a "high volume" wheel builder? Was it
> > because such a builder would built a better wheel? Or maybe the OP
> > thought this "high volume" builder would be cheaper.
> >
> The OP asked about several types of wheels- road, mountain, kids,
> wheelchair. He (she) did not specify *why* or *what quality*. Thus, *I*
> pointed out that pre-assembled wheels are available from most any
> distributor, and, by extension, any shop. I simply answered the
> question, without questioning his (her) motives.
> Jeff




Jeff, you answered his questions without questioning his motives or
promoting options other than what he asked for. Bravo! But I don't think
Sandy or me, for that matter, were talking about you. Its was BFD and
the manner in which he tried to help others, not the OP.



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