Best place to get wheels built up?

Antstark · Oct 2, 2013

You only need a spoke key and a bit of time....Use your frame as a jig..Lacing them up your self would save a bit of cash if you wanted to get you LBS to tension and true

I find this site good for spoke sizes for retro kit. Just type in your hubs and rims, number of holes and build pattern ...usually 3 cross

http://leonard.io/edd/

cce · Oct 2, 2013

I find the sofa to be the best bet. It's important to have a good cup of tea on the go, and some decent biscuits.

bm0p700f · Oct 2, 2013

If I were closer I would do it postage for wheels though put the cost up.

Antstark · Oct 3, 2013

Hob Nobs (not chocolate ones though) are particularly good I find.

cce":7ojh3a4b said:
I find the sofa to be the best bet. It's important to have a good cup of tea on the go, and some decent biscuits.

tigern · Oct 3, 2013

i use this one most of the times, works great!

http://www.sapim.be/spoke-calculator

bm0p700f · Oct 3, 2013

Spoc calc is easier to use and works very well. Download it as excel spreadsheet from sheldon brown.

unclebuck · Oct 5, 2013

Okay - I've decided to give it a try :shock:

This seems to be the spoke length calculator of choice:

http://www.bikeschool.com/tools/spoke-length-calculator

and there's a video here showing how to measure up a rear hub taking into account the 'dishing' to work out the spoke lengths

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation ... N04gHH5YwQ

Just need to figure out the 'effective rim diameter' now for the Rigida DP22 rim I want to use - oh, and get myself a spoke key...

oldave · Oct 5, 2013

According to this

http://www.fa-technik.adfc.de/Komponent ... ge559.html

erd is 519.6 (from which I assume a deep V section). To check use two old spokes with elbows cut off and a nipple threaded on to give a set length on each. Insert in two opposite holes and measure gap between the two ends - so plus the spoke lengths equals the erd!

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