I would never try to talk someone out of building their own wheels. It's one of the most useful and satisfying skills I've acquired, and each build gets easier. There's an intense satisfaction to rolling - and rolling and rolling - on your own wheels. Each of mine has held up wonderfully. I took a class from Jude K when she was running Sugar Wheelworks, and I use a combination of her instructions and Sheldon's. Honestly, if you just follow Sheldon's online guide it's all you need. Somewhere Grant wrote a list of something every cyclist should do at least once, and building a wheel was on the list. If someone wanted to dig that list up and re-post it that would be cool. I own and use a tensiometer and dishing tool along with a truing stand and they are helpful but not necessary. For spoke prep I have always used boiled linseed oil - it works fine. The advice I'd offer is what most others would or have said. Take Your Time, do regular and constant spoke tension relief as you bring the tension up (I take the wheel out of the stand constantly, put the axle on a board or stool, and push down on the rim 3 or 4 times - rotating around the rim - then flip and repeat.) And keep a beer handy as you near finishing truing. This is when you really want to be relaxed and not in a hurry.
Mike M On Monday, October 19, 2020 at 8:25:58 AM UTC-7 Steven Seelig wrote: > So with COVID and all, I've decided that now is the time to do stuff that > I haven't ever done before. Learning to speak French is perhaps a bridge > too far - not so good at language. But it seems reasonable to think that I > can at least build a front wheel with a Dyno hub to put on the Sam I ride > in the means streets of DC and on some gravel. > > I have a truing stand but not a dishing tool. I would say I am a > competent wrencher. Of course anyone who has built up a wheel did it once > for the first time. Is this something I should take on? What are the odds > for success? Will I quit in frustration? > > Points of view encouraged. > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52a61423-a6aa-4819-84a6-2cf68de5b8e4n%40googlegroups.com.
