"NickZX6R" <
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> Brian Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> dejonica <dejonica@_hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 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
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