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William H. O'Hara writes:
>> The time you waste going back and forth to your local shop, who
>> obviously doesn't know how to properly stress relieve and tension a
>> wheel, will more than make up for one trip to the reputable bike
>> shop who can probably fix the problem permanently. Like everyone
>> else has already said good rim, bad build.
> Let me put it this way I will go find someone in the area to give me
> an opinion. I was wondering if the requirement of a little truing
> would be necessary on a monthly basis. However, the rear was way
> too much last time.
Unless you crash or sit on the wheel in transit, no maintenance should
be required. Consider that steel and aluminum do not creep and spoke
nipples cannot unscrew on a properly built wheel. So what is there to
tune up? Wheels should be maintenance free if they are well built.
> Everybody thinks very highly of a person just because of a website
> and I was not very suitably impressed to justify taking time off
> from work for him. My time is spent elsewhere and 2 hours to go
> visit is not going to appear. Thanks for the help but recommending
> me to go there does little.
Build your own wheels. It isn't high tech. Actually it's more like
cooking with a good cookbook. Just follow instructions. The next
time it will be self evident an you won't be dependent on a bicycle
mechanic who refuses to read about the subject.
> The same goes for most bicycle shops in this area as I had previous
> visited a multitude of them. I left with impressions of
> ill-informed salesmen and questionable tech support to be fraught
> with long travel times.
ibid
> The story that I got from the bike shop indicated that they need
> periodic truing, but I didn't really buy it. So, what I really like
> to know if there is a book on building wheels. I will go take a
> look for such a thing.
http://www.avocet.com/wheelbook/wheelbook.html
Jobst Brandt
[email protected]
>> The time you waste going back and forth to your local shop, who
>> obviously doesn't know how to properly stress relieve and tension a
>> wheel, will more than make up for one trip to the reputable bike
>> shop who can probably fix the problem permanently. Like everyone
>> else has already said good rim, bad build.
> Let me put it this way I will go find someone in the area to give me
> an opinion. I was wondering if the requirement of a little truing
> would be necessary on a monthly basis. However, the rear was way
> too much last time.
Unless you crash or sit on the wheel in transit, no maintenance should
be required. Consider that steel and aluminum do not creep and spoke
nipples cannot unscrew on a properly built wheel. So what is there to
tune up? Wheels should be maintenance free if they are well built.
> Everybody thinks very highly of a person just because of a website
> and I was not very suitably impressed to justify taking time off
> from work for him. My time is spent elsewhere and 2 hours to go
> visit is not going to appear. Thanks for the help but recommending
> me to go there does little.
Build your own wheels. It isn't high tech. Actually it's more like
cooking with a good cookbook. Just follow instructions. The next
time it will be self evident an you won't be dependent on a bicycle
mechanic who refuses to read about the subject.
> The same goes for most bicycle shops in this area as I had previous
> visited a multitude of them. I left with impressions of
> ill-informed salesmen and questionable tech support to be fraught
> with long travel times.
ibid
> The story that I got from the bike shop indicated that they need
> periodic truing, but I didn't really buy it. So, what I really like
> to know if there is a book on building wheels. I will go take a
> look for such a thing.
http://www.avocet.com/wheelbook/wheelbook.html
Jobst Brandt
[email protected]
