I missed this topic the first time around. I have a bike coming down the line and hope I have the patients or the timing is right to build up the rear with the forthcoming RivRim. The front is a cheapie pre-fab dynamo wheel I already bought. I'll see what happens as far as rim availability when the frame arrives and I get the other bits all ready to go.
As far as building your own wheels... It can be rewarding. My advice would be that the first step be for you to read The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt.<http://www.amazon.com/Bicycle-Wheel-3rd-Jobst-Brandt/dp/0960723668> If after reading (or skimming) the book you'll know if you want to press forward to build your own wheels. I've built up maybe a dozen wheel sets over the last 20 years and refer to the words of Jobst every time. In addition to all sorts of wheel theory info, the book has step by step wheel building instructions with great hand drawn illustrations. I don't have a tension gauge so I reference an existing similarly configured wheel for tension. I've had 1 wheel come loose -- about a month into riding the wheel I noticed the rear felt odd. All the spokes/nipples had worked loose. I rode home, tightened it up and haven't had any issues in 2 years. On another occasion I was truing an existing wheel (non-eyelett rim) and I overtightened and pulled the nipple through the rim... oops. My point being that there is some risk but also great satisfaction riding wheels you built yourself. --Andy On Wednesday, October 31, 2012 12:48:21 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Have a pair of Phil Wood 'Rivy' 36h hubs I intend to build up during the > winter months for my Rambouillet, but am undecided on what rims to go > with. A while back, Grant posted an insightful piece regarding the > precarious balance of rim development (i.e., 'Light, Strong, and > Inexpensive: Pick Two'). He then mentioned rolling out a new ‘Stouty’ rim > of which I've been pestering Rick for an ETA for nearly a year now, but he > confessed they were waiting as well. Complete speculation on my part, but > I presume the delay may have something to do with Velocity moving it's > production from Australia to Florida. Given this, I may just go ahead and > choose from the current offering of rims (such as the ones below), but > wanted to first touch base with this group to gather firsthand > builder/rider experiences or possibly learn of other options. I'm > also curious of any considerations pertaining to tire mounting/seating > issues. > > > > Grand Bois - http://cyclesgrandbois.com/SHOP/336618/404875/list.html > > Pacenti PL23 - > http://www.bikelugs.com/store/index.php?strWebAction=item_detail&intItemID=398 > > Soma Eldon - http://store.somafab.com/soelrim70.html > > Velo-Orange Raid/PBP/Diagonale - > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/components/wheelsets-rims-hubs/rims.html > > > > From this list, it is probably obvious I'm leaning towards a traditional > looking, non-anodized, non-machined, single/double eyelet, silver rim. > Incidentally, I will be running 32 mm tires (Jack Brown Green’s, most > likely). Thanks in advance. > > > > michael z > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/JnCj_7BSF4IJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
