That sounds cool. Pics?
I like building wheels. one thing i always try to do is to get the wheel in the stand with very little tension, then work on getting is straight and true at a really low tension, then when you start going around the wheel to bring it up to tension it pretty much holds the good shape. easier to turn the nipples under low tension too. it seems every time i've laced a wheel the tighter the spokes are before i start working on shape, the longer it actually takes to get it right...
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, texas
> the clb wood rims turned out real neat, with the
> phil wood track hubs.
> turns out we had nipples that were a little too
> long. the spokes were
> proper, so we nailed it with some medium length ones
> instead.
>
> was the first time we laced a wheel ... so much so
> that we have some more
> wooden rims on order. some high suntour, some low
> dura-ace. get the
> picture.
>
> by the way, did not the '60's bianchi comp come in
> root beer, as did a
> number of lesser models in the early '70's.
>
> so there you go ... robert is heading off the
> reservation.
>
> alexandria, va
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