[CR]Wheelbuilding secret sauce

(Example: Framebuilders:Pino Morroni)

From: <Sxbike@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 09:10:44 EDT
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: [CR]Wheelbuilding secret sauce

In a message dated 7/5/03 10:17:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, classicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org writes:
> All the Spoke Prep, Loctight, Linseed Oil or Dr. John's "Mystery Solution"
> won't keep a wheel tight (and therefore true) if it hasn't been built
> correctly
> from the start.
>

In the good old days all that was neded to keep a wheel tight and straight was a little dab of oil. With 9 and 10 speeds and lotsa dish the left side spokes definately benefit from a little help from some kind of locking goo. My personal favorite is to build the wheel dry. While still loose apply a drop of thin oil to the threads and eyelet. After all trued, tensioned, stressed, apply a small dot of Locktite Spoketite to the botom of the nipple. This adds some friction to the bottom few threads and also gives a bit of a corrosion barrier. Wheels can be easily be retrued (but I seem to never have to he he) using this method. I have also tried Prolock nipples and have found them to be a waste of $$ .
                                                 Clarke White
                                                  Essex, Ct