I built up my first 2 last year (also via instructions per Sheldon).
All I have is a mid range truing stand, not mounted to anything and a
spoke wrench. Got the wheel perfectly true, the dish near perfect and
the spoke tension close. My local bike shop, where I bought some of
the parts, checked
I've now built 4 wheels (and completely retensioned a 5th) on using
sheldon's instructions. I've been lucky that I've also been living in
places that have good bike shops or co-ops that have wheelbuilding
tools open to the public (Missing Link in Berkeley, CA; Bike Kitchens
in San Francisco and
I agree about Sheldon. I built my first (and only, tho' I'd done
in-depth truing and redishing) wheel using these in about an hour --
tho' it was an undished, fixed wheel.
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:58 PM, MSmith bee...@gmail.com wrote:
Hands down the best description of the process ever written:
Jason,
I've built a couple sets of wheels now, and relied on both the Brandt
and Brown descriptions/instructions. I think you can pass on the the
Brandt book if you're just looking to build wheels, rather than
understand all the physics of what's going on.
That said, I found this guy's videos to
On Apr 10, 2:29 pm, jandrews_nyc jasonaschwa...@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone recommend a resource for learning the right way?
A friend with wheelbuilding experience is the ideal resource. Jobst
Brandt's The Bicycle Wheel is the DIY bible. Sheldon Brown's
website also features a good step by
Hands down the best description of the process ever written:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html
I've built about a dozen wheels following these instructions. All the
information you'll ever need to know on the subject. The Brandt book is
far, far, too in depth and confusing (in my
On Apr 10, 12:29 pm, jandrews_nyc jasonaschwa...@gmail.com wrote:
Can anyone recommend a resource for
learning the right way?
I assume I'll have to invest in some new tools and a truing stand.
Hey Jason,
I'll second Sheldon's how-to resource. I still use it as a reference
when I build up a
Amen to Sheldon Brown's method (although even Sheldon himself cited
Brandt as the definitive source of wheelbuilding information and
technique)... I've built a few dozen wheels over the last few years
and taught others via Sheldon's method... God bless the man!
BB
On Apr 10, 4:04 pm, J.
Nobody really needed me to pile on, but yet, for a step by step
reference Sheldon wrote the easiest to use instructions. I pull out
Brandt if I want some theory or in-depth explanations.
I remember when I finished grad school and could hardly read for
pleasure at all, Sheldon and a few other
+1 on missing Sheldon. I've only used the Brandt book, simply because
I can sit down with it. If he reprinted just the instructional part in
a lay-flat booklet, I'd buy that and sell the big book of theory on to
someone else. I've built 7 or 8 wheels, none with dish - all fronts,
fixed, or
I agree with you completely. I've also built at least a dozen wheels
following Sheldon Brown. Yep, the Brandt book is a bit confusing.
We all miss Sheldon Brown.
Don in Montara
On Apr 10, 12:58 pm, MSmith bee...@gmail.com wrote:
Hands down the best description of the process ever written:
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