bugman said:*How long to lace the wheel, and what did you use for a truing
stand?
Was this your first wheel build?
*
This was my second wheel build. My first was about 30 years ago, when I
swapped out 2 tubular rims for clincher rims on a road bike. I really
didn't know what I was doing at that time, but I do still have that same
bicycle in riding condition without any broken spokes.
It took me 4-5 hours to lace the wheel, tension, true it, stress
relieve, tension, true again, stress relieve, tension, true again,
stress relieve, (repeat the last three steps until wheel is true and at
a good tension)
I did not use a truing stand. I used my uni frame with the seat post
sticking down through the seat tube as my dishing tool and truing guide.
Then I used my thumb for side to side truing. Not very scientific, don't
laugh, it worked extremely well.
bugman said:*How long did it take to get all the parts in after placing your
order? What kind of lead time should I allow if I decide to build
one?
How do like the GB4 frame.
How much do you think you saved doing it yourself. *
I started getting the parts together the week after Christmas. I ordered
my frame from George Barnes. Took delivery in early February. I am
really impressed with the quality of work on the frame and handle. The
bearing holders, themselves are beautiful and work so well.
I had to wait on the Airfoil rim from UDC because of a manufacturing
problem. That took about 2 months.
With Semcycle, I had to wait about 3 weeks, because they were in Europe.
Spokes from Tom Miller were about a 7-10 day process. He has about 60
sets of spokes left. After they're gone, that's it.
From first order, to complete unicycle was almost 4 months. Most of the
waiting time was because of the Airfoil rim. That shouldn't be a problem
anymore.
Money savings, depends on what you compare the final product to.
Compared to the UDC Airfoil wheelset, the cost would be a bit more, but
this wheel has Stainless Steel spokes, brass spoke head washers for a
better hub connection, and I'm sure it is a much higher tension build.
If anyone has any other questions and wants individual answers, they can
e-mail me at hotandcold58 (at) hotmail.com
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