Wheel building I've popped my cherry

[curtispro]

Had a go at building my first wheel tonight, It was more of a tester than anything else, had some unknown rims that came on my DP freestyer garage find, 48 spokes with high flange hubs, stripped them, polished the hubs, ovenpride the rims them polished them, new spokes and nice red nipples, just need to be trued up at the LBS and should be good to go

The start



The finish



Wasn't as daunting as I thought

 

[Gnarlyscoots]

Tru them yaselfdude, easierthan you think 

[curtispro]

Tru them yaselfdude, easierthan you think 

Got a lot of up and down and side to side play,  would be sea sick if I rode on them 

[ED209]

Well done mate - busted my wheel build virginity myself a few night back 

Now I've got to try and sell 'em 'cause I'm not happy with the colour scheme 

[curtispro]

Ed, are they the White 7x that you built? How much do you want for them? Could they be shiny sided?

[rick1970]

Look sweet for a first attempt  now i could be wrong here but i think maybe the spokes surrounding the valve should should sit away rather than inwards so you have clearance for caps and pump     well done all the same 

[curtispro]

Look sweet for a first attempt  now i could be wrong here but i think maybe the spokes surrounding the valve should should sit away rather than inwards so you have clearance for caps and pump     well done all the same 

Rollocks just noticed that, gonna have to start again     

[Spen69]

I've been building all my own wheels for about 3yrs now and still leave the final true-up and tension to my LBS as I just haven't got the eye, patience and attention to detail for it, and am usually half way down a nice bottle of red or vodka by the time I've finished building!

Really rewarding doing it yourself though - well done fella!

[RoyalTrux]

Tru them yaselfdude, easierthan you think 

Any advice on how to get the trueing right?

[john4130]

Tru them yaselfdude, easierthan you think 

Any advice on how to get the trueing right?

when you build your wheels make sure all the spokes nipples get the same amount of turns, you can make your own tool from a spare spoke and nipple like this.

leave a few threads sticking out of the nipple and then crimp it to the spoke with a pair of pliers. then insert the tool into the nipple from inside the rim and screw it down till it bottoms out like this.

go round all the spokes doing this. once thats done get a spoke key and go round them all again giving each one a full turn, start at the the first spoke next to the valve so you know when you've done them all. keep doing this till you've got a good tension in the wheel. then it's just a matter of truing it a little.

[RoyalTrux]

Not sure if I fully understand. But it looks well thought off 

[RoyalTrux]

Tru them yaselfdude, easierthan you think 

Any advice on how to get the trueing right?

when you build your wheels make sure all the spokes nipples get the same amount of turns, you can make your own tool from a spare spoke and nipple like this.

leave a few threads sticking out of the nipple and then crimp it to the spoke with a pair of pliers. then insert the tool into the nipple from inside the rim and screw it down till it bottoms out like this.

go round all the spokes doing this. once thats done get a spoke key and go round them all again giving each one a full turn, start at the the first spoke next to the valve so you know when you've done them all. keep doing this till you've got a good tension in the wheel. then it's just a matter of truing it a little.

Doing this right now. Made the tool from a spoke.
And halfway through.
Having good hope in it.
Have to,
'cause I'm lacing bullseyes to pro class rims 

Thanks John4130