Wheel building course in Cambridge

Mark said:

I want to learn how to build wheels: I think a guy called David Green
ran some courses in Cambridge from time to time - does anyone know if
he's planning on doing more, or if anyone else does similar in the
area?

I've no knowledge of the specific course, but I know that it was
advertised on the cam.misc newsgroup. You may be able to find some
information via a Google groups search there.

Failing that:

http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

May be useful, and if you're interested in the theory, "The Bicycle
Wheel" by Jobst Brandt is the book to read.

Anthony

Mark said:

Hi,

I want to learn how to build wheels: I think a guy called David Green
ran some courses in Cambridge from time to time - does anyone know if
he's planning on doing more, or if anyone else does similar in the
area?

Thanks,
Mark.

They are/were held as part of http://www.camcycle.org.uk/

and you can extract contact details from last years course from:

http://web.onetel.net.uk/~davidwgreen/wheel_bld_1day_info.pdf

but I have no idea if David's running anything this year.

I attended one such a course a few years back. It's a hands-on
practical, dismantle and rebuild a 36 spoke 3 crossed, days course.
Very good indeed. But I must confess I have to consult the course
notes every time I build another wheel, of which I've probably knocked
up about 10 since then. To get the science of it all, I guess I need
to read Mr Brandts book, but I fear I've killed off too many brain
cells to understand all that stuff.

cheers
Garry

Mark said:

Hi,

I want to learn how to build wheels: I think a guy called David Green
ran some courses in Cambridge from time to time - does anyone know if
he's planning on doing more, or if anyone else does similar in the
area?

Thanks,
Mark.

not free, but pretty usefull: http://wheelpro.co.uk/

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Marten

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Quoted message said:

Failing that:

http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

May be useful, and if you're interested in the theory, "The Bicycle
Wheel" by Jobst Brandt is the book to read.

Good book. Contains instructions on how to build wheels that are
clear and understandable. I taught myself to build wheels using
this book and a decent pair of wheels to use as an example.

I'm going to print off a copy of Sheldon's instructions and
keep them with the book. After a while they too will have oily
fingermarks as a sign of use :-)
--
Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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Dennis Davis said:

In the referenced article, Anthony Jones <[email hidden]> writes:

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Quoted message said:

Failing that:

http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

May be useful, and if you're interested in the theory, "The Bicycle
Wheel" by Jobst Brandt is the book to read.

Good book. Contains instructions on how to build wheels that are
clear and understandable. I taught myself to build wheels using
this book and a decent pair of wheels to use as an example.

I'm going to print off a copy of Sheldon's instructions and
keep them with the book. After a while they too will have oily
fingermarks as a sign of use :-)
--
Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
[email hidden]

Thanks for the advice - out of interest, what wheel truer to people
use? They vary in price tremendously - i have a bizarre one with only
one support (i.e. you have to turn the wheel around to do the dishing -
it's ok, but a bit limited and not very precise.

Cheers!
Mark.

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Mark <[email hidden]> wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the advice - out of interest, what wheel truer to people
use?

The bike frame :-) In a previous life I had a chunky cast-iron truing
stand.

Quoted message said:

They vary in price tremendously - i have a bizarre one with only
one support (i.e. you have to turn the wheel around to do the dishing -
it's ok, but a bit limited and not very precise.

Not sure quite what you mean by that - dish is checked with a dishing
tool, most of these require that you remove the wheel from the truing
stand anyway.

In the referenced article, "Mark" <[email hidden]> writes:

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Quoted message said:

Thanks for the advice - out of interest, what wheel truer to people
use? They vary in price tremendously - i have a bizarre one with only
one support (i.e. you have to turn the wheel around to do the dishing -
it's ok, but a bit limited and not very precise.

As others have pointed out, you can use the bicycle frame as your
wheel jig. The brake blocks are a useful reference to see if the
wheel it true and round. No real need for expensive tools.

I've a Tacx wheel jig that's free-standing. Had it for years, and I
don't think they make it any more. The one they make now seems to
be:

http://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/details.asp?D=P&Cat=TOOLS&Section=TOOL&GenCode=TACXTOOL0200

I use a Minoura dishing tool. The design seems to have changed a
little since I bought mine. However it's similar to:

http://www.dalescycles.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=1358&click=35
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Dennis Davis, BUCS, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
[email hidden]

Mark said:

Thanks for the advice - out of interest, what wheel truer to people use?

A bit of bent steel plate that clamps into the bench vice for big wheels,
and an old Moulton fork (slightly bent) for small wheels. With the first
the wheel being trued is horizontal. I use a dial-gauge with a magnetic
base in both instances, best result yet is 0.002" wobble. Dishing /is/ a
problem with this method, but I am far from convinced that dishing
actually matters.

Mike

Mark wrote on 22/08/2006 13:11 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Hi,

I want to learn how to build wheels: I think a guy called David Green
ran some courses in Cambridge from time to time - does anyone know if
he's planning on doing more, or if anyone else does similar in the
area?

He's done a couple of bike maintenance courses this year but I've not
seen a wheelbuilding one offered recently. You could try contacting him
on 01223 449304 or [email hidden]

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Tony

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