Local Wheel Shoppe 
No doubt 1 or 3 of you have heard mcretro speak about a wheelbuilder called Big Al[AKA Alister Gow]and his shop "wheelcraft"
I was up there today picking up the hope bits needed for my lovely red Ti-glide.And to arrange Al to put the hub on a nice new red x517 i was lucky enough to find.
For my hub i needed -the QR axle,internal spacers 1@16mm 1@14mm and the drive and non-drive spacers[end caps]
Al gave me an old 135mm QR axle from another Ti glide for free :shock:
so we ordered the rest from hope
In the bag they sent was supposed to be the internal spacers and the end caps.
What i got was the internal spacers the drive side spacer but no non-drive side end cap :cry: .But hooray ,they stupidly[and im unsure why or how]the included a brand new QR axle :shock: :shock: instead.and charged for the non drive spacer price as well.
Way to go Hope.That makes up for lack of parts for my C2's
Everything including the Axle/4 hope bearings/drive side spacer[end cap] and both the internal spacers for £27 :shock:
OK ,im short a non-drive spacer,but ive another ti hope hub[sport 130mm screw on]so i can get the spacer off that
Not only this amazing deal at Big al's but hes reusing my spokes[including cutting and threading the longer side to fit the ti glide]
Total cost to build the wheel ,new quality nipples, cut and rethread my old spokes= £12
:shock:
So heres the Man and his amazingly untidy shop
No doubt 1 or 3 of you have heard mcretro speak about a wheelbuilder called Big Al[AKA Alister Gow]and his shop "wheelcraft"
I was up there today picking up the hope bits needed for my lovely red Ti-glide.And to arrange Al to put the hub on a nice new red x517 i was lucky enough to find.
For my hub i needed -the QR axle,internal spacers 1@16mm 1@14mm and the drive and non-drive spacers[end caps]
Al gave me an old 135mm QR axle from another Ti glide for free :shock:
so we ordered the rest from hope
In the bag they sent was supposed to be the internal spacers and the end caps.
What i got was the internal spacers the drive side spacer but no non-drive side end cap :cry: .But hooray ,they stupidly[and im unsure why or how]the included a brand new QR axle :shock: :shock: instead.and charged for the non drive spacer price as well.
Way to go Hope.That makes up for lack of parts for my C2'sEverything including the Axle/4 hope bearings/drive side spacer[end cap] and both the internal spacers for £27 :shock:
OK ,im short a non-drive spacer,but ive another ti hope hub[sport 130mm screw on]so i can get the spacer off that
Not only this amazing deal at Big al's but hes reusing my spokes[including cutting and threading the longer side to fit the ti glide]
Total cost to build the wheel ,new quality nipples, cut and rethread my old spokes= £12
:shock:
So heres the Man and his amazingly untidy shop
