All good suggestions here about taking on the task of wheel building. You can do it; just takes time and practice to get the fine points nailed down. One thing I haven't seen mentioned, though, is to apply a small amount of lubricant where the nipple meets the rim hole and also a bit on the spoke threads as well. More or less even tension all around the wheel is what keeps it straight and true. And when you get to the place where the final tightening turns of the spoke wrench are applied, the lubricant will help keep the spokes from twisting so much. I wish someone made a pair of pliers or similar tool with a groove in the jaws that would allow the spoke to be gripped without marring it to help keep the twisting at a minimum. But the twists can eventually be removed by squeezing the pairs together by hand or with a lever. Final relief will be accomplished when you ride on it and hear the spokes "pinging" as they un-twist themselves a bit. After that, a re-examination in the truing stand would be nice to see if anything changed too much.
On Saturday, October 6, 2018 at 3:19:36 PM UTC-5, Bob Ehrenbeck wrote: > > Oops -- I read Lum's post too quickly and thought he was asking about > building wheels from scratch! But my first paragraph still stands! : ) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
