Bicycle Mechanics - good website/resource for mechanics, primarily wheel building?

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scraperbike
05-11-10, 04:32 PM
ive seen some good stuff here-there. sheldon brown got me through my first year of building up bikes. but i have always bought prebuilt wheels, and i was wondering if there are any really good sites encompassing wheelbuilding. anybody got any suggestions?

bikinfool
05-11-10, 05:35 PM
Mike T's site http://miketechinfo.com/new-tech-wheels-tires.htm is good stuff and links to Roger Musson's as well, can't go wrong between them. Sheldon Brown's wheelbuilding info is very good, too...
Mark Kelly
05-12-10, 02:50 AM
Gerd Schraner (http://www.scribd.com/doc/26719057/Gerd-Schraner-The-Art-of-Wheel-Building)

and Rgoer Musson (http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php)

Are good places to start.

ReelExterminato
05-12-10, 03:05 AM
Depending on what you're looking for, I found Brandt's book (http://books.google.ca/books?id=sZPHOQAACAAJ) to be a great guide for figuring out what I wanted to build and how to do it. Not a website, but I borrowed it from a library (free) and, after reading it, photocopied a few pages (cheap) :) though I haven't been able to find where I stashed them lately.