Wheel builder needed

[John G]

Hi All,

I am looking at getting new wheels and am thinking of building my own wheels!

Problem is I can't build wheels!

Anyone here a keen wheel builder willing to offer/sell their services?

I am looking at DT240 hubs, Sapim CX Ray Spokes and yet to decide on rims, prob Alloy of some sort.

Please PM if you are keen

Thanks

John

[Grahame]

Here's everything you need to know to build your own:
[url=http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html]Clicky-Linky thing to Sheldon Brown's wheelbuilding guide.[/url]
It's written in american, but with a small amount of thought it is easy to understand.

The choices you have made of hubs and spokes are good. For rims, I'd probably go with either Mavic Open Pro or Ambrosio Excellence. Both of these build up into strong, light wheels with relative ease.

[Robh]

Another alternative :-

IRD CAdence Aero rim 30 mm deep costs £62 available in 20,24,28 & 32 hole. I have these rims on my winter bike bought them from wheelroom.co.uk.

http://www.wheelroom.co.uk/shop/article ... D12.001%26

[Wal]

Personally I'd go for Stan's Alpha 340 rims.

Can't go wrong with the DT hubs, but you can get crazy light hubs at a very reasonable price from [url]http://www.bikehubstore.com[/url]. Or go for some blingy Token carbon hubs with ceramic bearings (search for 'token carbon hub' on eBay) for around £150.

You could end up with a sub-1300g wheelset for under £400. Nice.

[John G]

I agree with you guys and am going to build my own wheels!

Wish me luck!



(hope I am doing the right thing! )

[John G]

[quote="Wal"]Personally I'd go for Stan's Alpha 340 rims.

Can't go wrong with the DT hubs, but you can get crazy light hubs at a very reasonable price from [url]http://www.bikehubstore.com[/url]. Or go for some blingy Token carbon hubs with ceramic bearings (search for 'token carbon hub' on eBay) for around £150.

You could end up with a sub-1300g wheelset for under £400. Nice.

[John G]

[quote="Robh"]Another alternative :-

IRD CAdence Aero rim 30 mm deep costs £62 available in 20,24,28 & 32 hole. I have these rims on my winter bike bought them from wheelroom.co.uk.

http://www.wheelroom.co.uk/shop/article ... D12.001%26

[John G]

[quote="Grahame"]Here's everything you need to know to build your own:
[url=http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html]Clicky-Linky thing to Sheldon Brown's wheelbuilding guide.[/url]
It's written in american, but with a small amount of thought it is easy to understand.

The choices you have made of hubs and spokes are good. For rims, I'd probably go with either Mavic Open Pro or Ambrosio Excellence. Both of these build up into strong, light wheels with relative ease.

[Dombo]

However remember that, as somebody who has held wheelbuilding classes for the benefit of club members, when Graham says "with relative ease"....it is relative

[Grahame]

For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.

[Phil H]

[quote="Grahame"]For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.

[quote="Phil the Pie"][quote="Grahame"]For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.

[John G]

[quote="Grahame"]For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.

[quote="John G"][quote="Grahame"]For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.

[quote="Grahame"][quote="John G"][quote="Grahame"]For cake I will be happy to teach you how to build your own wheels. It really is a lot easier than people think it is going to be.