On Wednesday, Jul 17, 2002, at 11:55AM, The Maaslands <TheMaaslands@comcast.net> wrote:
>3 minutes seems to be a tall tale to me! Perhaps it was a 12 hole rim? My
>best time ever for a front wheel before the period of super stiff rims was
>around 15 minutes, with a few extra minutes for the rear.
I'm with Steven on this. I've built around 10,000 wheels and I think my fastest wheel built correctly is right about 14 minutes. The fastest wheel build I've ever seen was just shy of 12 minutes by Sally who used to own The Magic Spoke in Seattle. I've built wheels on a machine and those take about 6-8 minutes. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Geting slower in my "old age" in Santa Barbara, Calif