Hi Paul. Having built and ridden many defferent wheels in my many days, th e spooks that I have had the best luck with are Swiss DT. I'm 195 lbs, bik e commute 9 months of the year, and do centuries and doubles on the weekend s, so I defiantly have miles on my spokes. Anyway DT's, laced 3x, and stra ight gage 14 on the back rear, are the spokes that have given me no trouble , stayed true, and sometimes have outlasted the hubs and rims. If you want built it, and forget about it wheels, use the DT's. Safe Cycling.
Tom Harriman.
San francisco, Ca> From: castell5@sympatico.ca> To: classicrendezvous@bikel
ist.org> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:02:53 -0500> Subject: [CR]Wheelbuilding
advice needed> > Morning everyone from a winter wonderland (buried deep in
snow),> > I am preparing to build one wheelset for my latest project. Thank
s to > listmember, Krister Katsogiannos, I now have a set of NOS Fiamme Yel
low > Label clincher rims - 26 X 1-1/4" 36H (no eyelets) - and from Pete Pa
ine > a NOS pair of 36H Bayliss and Wiley small-flange hubs - solid turned
> chrome (lovely, virtually mint condition with flip-top oilers) - rear > d
ouble-fixed. I do not really have the expertise or the equipment to > build
this wheelset, but another listmember, Rodd Heino, has kindly set > me up
with someone who will build the set for me.> > I must now find suitable spo
kes, however. I have run the measurements > through a couple of different s
poke calculators - including Damon > Rinard's spreadsheet on Sheldon's site
. By the looks of it I will need > 287mm or 294mm for the front (3X or 4X)
and 285mm or 293mm rear (3X or > 4X). > > Now come some decisions: do I go
with straight gauge or double-butted > spokes? what gauge? how many crosses
? brass or alloy nipples? do I have > to get two different lengths for fron
t and back - given that the > measurements are with a mm or two?> > I haven
't had to think about this before as I have always bought > ready-builts. O
n the ClassicLightweights website Alexander von Tutschek > suggests:> > "NO
TE, classic wheels look good with 15/17 gauge spokes. If you want > your cl
assic lightweight to look as if it has moped wheels in it use > common 14/1
6 spokes. This is the most common error in today's restored > machines. (I
do know that thicker spokes were used in heavy touring > machines and tande
ms and by those with a fuller figure etc)"> > I am looking to this esteemed
list for advice on what will give the best > results (for a late-40s early
-50s frameset). Also please advise on > availability of suitable spokes. Th
ese won't be the lightest weight > wheels so I would prefer to save some we
ight on the spokes if possible.> > Any help would be greatfully received,>
> Paul Williams,> Ottawa, ON, Canada> > --- StripMime Report -- processed M
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