Did 72 today....spokes, that is...
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Did 72 today....spokes, that is...
Laced up my first set of wheels, and it was REALLY enjoyable. I like* wheel building a lot. It's very suited to my nature...I like picky, precise things that make you almost meditate while you're doing them. I scratched my rims a bit, because we did the technique where you load up all the spokes first, and I had a hard time handling them.
They had drills there with special bits that put each nipple on the exact same amount. Anyone know where I can get a bit like this? It was really nice.
I like the campy hubs I was using because there was no label to line up!
Anyway, I was the only one that didn't make a mistake, so I was very proud.
Tomorrow we true them.
They had drills there with special bits that put each nipple on the exact same amount. Anyone know where I can get a bit like this? It was really nice.
I like the campy hubs I was using because there was no label to line up!
Anyway, I was the only one that didn't make a mistake, so I was very proud.
Tomorrow we true them.
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I use a non-powered nipple driver that looks like a screwdriver that has an "S" curve in it. I stick my left thumbnail in the last spoke thread and spin the nipple until it stops against my thumbnail. I don't think that it's as fast as the powered nipple drivers but the tool is cheaper to buy and I feel like I have better control over it.
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At last you are being initiated into the great mysteries of wheelbuilding. After you have completed your first set of wheels, you will be given the secret handshake and the smug attitude mask....
Now you must begin picking through Ebay and Craiglist posts to find suitable hubs and rims. The N+1 rule may apply to wheels just like it does to bicycles.
Now you must begin picking through Ebay and Craiglist posts to find suitable hubs and rims. The N+1 rule may apply to wheels just like it does to bicycles.
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And just like with building bicycles, it is discouraging to find that the parts generally cost more than the whole.
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I woke up today wondering if I should bite the bullet and turn my formal library into a bike shop.
I sleep in the smallest bedroom of my house...10x12. the only thing in there is a bed. I have a tuckunder garage; the other rooms are over the garage and get cold in the winter.
My main bedroom is a "textile" room. It's pet free so I don't get dog/cat hair all over my clothes. I keep linens and towels in there in addition to my clothes. I sew in there.
The third bedroom is 4 big bookshelves and a large writing desk. It's very pretty. I like it. But I don't actually read in there, and the shelves have slowly gone from holding books to holding camera/computer stuff. I have a lot of video and computer equipment. It's become the storage space for my studio in the basement an all the books have gone up north or down south. I work from home.
Anyway... I never use my living room or dining room, so I may repurpose those into something more usable and give up my library. I have a huge roll-top desk big enough to build wheels on. The only thing I'm worried about is screwing up my hardwood floors. But it would be a nice workroom at 16x12.
My house will be really ugly, though, with a bike room and a giant closet room and a tiny room with a bed in it.
I sleep in the smallest bedroom of my house...10x12. the only thing in there is a bed. I have a tuckunder garage; the other rooms are over the garage and get cold in the winter.
My main bedroom is a "textile" room. It's pet free so I don't get dog/cat hair all over my clothes. I keep linens and towels in there in addition to my clothes. I sew in there.
The third bedroom is 4 big bookshelves and a large writing desk. It's very pretty. I like it. But I don't actually read in there, and the shelves have slowly gone from holding books to holding camera/computer stuff. I have a lot of video and computer equipment. It's become the storage space for my studio in the basement an all the books have gone up north or down south. I work from home.
Anyway... I never use my living room or dining room, so I may repurpose those into something more usable and give up my library. I have a huge roll-top desk big enough to build wheels on. The only thing I'm worried about is screwing up my hardwood floors. But it would be a nice workroom at 16x12.
My house will be really ugly, though, with a bike room and a giant closet room and a tiny room with a bed in it.
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Y'know, as I get older, it becomes all about family, friends, dogs, and bikes. May as well go with the flow.
Hey! Waitaminute. I just started riding again after a long haitus. What have you people done to me**********???
Hey! Waitaminute. I just started riding again after a long haitus. What have you people done to me**********???
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Incidentally, my bicycle shop is in front of the garage. That's a great location for the bike shop but it leaves the garage a little bit short. That was the deciding factor in our purchase of a Honda Element because it's short enough to fit our garage but big enough to fit our tandem inside the car.
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Hmmmm. I have room in the front of my garage, too, but I'd have to lose my big shelves that run the span.
which means that if I get a new garage door and a new shed in the yard, I could do that.
Did you notice a difference in your heating bills with the new door?
Edit: OR...as long as I would have to build a shed....I could make a bike shed.... hmmmm. options, options.
which means that if I get a new garage door and a new shed in the yard, I could do that.
Did you notice a difference in your heating bills with the new door?
Edit: OR...as long as I would have to build a shed....I could make a bike shed.... hmmmm. options, options.
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Hmmmm. I have room in the front of my garage, too, but I'd have to lose my big shelves that run the span.
which means that if I get a new garage door and a new shed in the yard, I could do that.
Did you notice a difference in your heating bills with the new door?
Edit: OR...as long as I would have to build a shed....I could make a bike shed.... hmmmm. options, options.
which means that if I get a new garage door and a new shed in the yard, I could do that.
Did you notice a difference in your heating bills with the new door?
Edit: OR...as long as I would have to build a shed....I could make a bike shed.... hmmmm. options, options.
Over here we have two types of house owners. Those that want a bigger garden and those that want a cabbage patch. For some reason- they each seem to live in the wrong type of house. I have just under 1/4 of an Acre- if that measurement means anything to you. Sensible size but I would like more. Currently it is big enough for a bike shed- but Whatever size you get on sheds- its is always too small. Mine is 10ft wide and that fits the space I have in that corner. It is 16ft long and I thought would be big enough. It isn't.
I do believe your materials (Lumber?) are cheaper over there but is it worth building your own? I could have built for about the same price as I bought and It arrived in sections and a month later it was up. If I were to have built it- It would have been a year before it would have been ready for use. Only advantage would have been that it would have been 12 ft wide and 24 ft long.
So measure out the yard and buy a shed to fill it. That way you might be able to get the bike in after the redundant gardening tools and the mower.
The only other option would have been to use the garage- but the wife uses that aswell. all those useless things are kept in there like the hoover- the ironing board and the new swimming pool that is this years project in the garden.
Whatever you choose to keep the bikes in- 10 x16 is about the minimum size to get if you want to work on the bikes in there aswell. Bigger would be better- but much bigger and you can move the bed in there and work on the bikes in the house in comfort and warmth.
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I have a bit over a quarter acre. I don't use it. Seriously. I pay a guy to mow it and I think I only stepped on the grass to trim some hedges and take some bike photos. I have no gardens, and few trees. It's boring, but I'm not here enough in the growing season to take care of anything. I figure blank but tended is better than overgrown good intentions and weed gardens.
Sheds are expensive. I really could get away with just a tiny one to put the snowblower, lawn mower and lawn stuff in that is against the front of my garage.
I think I'll have to work this out on graph paper and see what's doable. In winter up here, I wouldn't want to work in the garage or* in a shed, so it may not be practical at all. the garage maintains at around 40 degrees...I don't know how much better it would be with a new garage door.
Sheds are expensive. I really could get away with just a tiny one to put the snowblower, lawn mower and lawn stuff in that is against the front of my garage.
I think I'll have to work this out on graph paper and see what's doable. In winter up here, I wouldn't want to work in the garage or* in a shed, so it may not be practical at all. the garage maintains at around 40 degrees...I don't know how much better it would be with a new garage door.
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I was very pleased to read that you built 36-spoke wheels, which make far more engineering sense that today's fashionable paired-spokers, 20-spokers, etc.
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Laced up my first set of wheels, and it was REALLY enjoyable. I like* wheel building a lot. It's very suited to my nature...I like picky, precise things that make you almost meditate while you're doing them. I scratched my rims a bit, because we did the technique where you load up all the spokes first, and I had a hard time handling them.
They had drills there with special bits that put each nipple on the exact same amount. Anyone know where I can get a bit like this? It was really nice.
I like the campy hubs I was using because there was no label to line up!
Anyway, I was the only one that didn't make a mistake, so I was very proud.
Tomorrow we true them.
They had drills there with special bits that put each nipple on the exact same amount. Anyone know where I can get a bit like this? It was really nice.
I like the campy hubs I was using because there was no label to line up!
Anyway, I was the only one that didn't make a mistake, so I was very proud.
Tomorrow we true them.
The nice thing about working on bicycles inside the house is that it's nice and snuggly warm in Winter and the kitchen is real close when it's time to make a cup of tea (which is anytime). All I did this Winter past was lay down sheets of corrogated cardboard on the floor on top of a big dropcloth and I had no problems at all and didn't make a mess of the floor.
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Sianelle: Yeah... the inside the house thing does seem the most comfy. It just seems so radical to give up the prettiest room in the house for it.
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I'm not going to follow your lead. I'm terrible at repetitive fine motor skill work. Can't imagine how much I'd be bouncing off of walls after I'd completed installing 27 spokes and still had 45 to go.
But I certainly applaud your accomplishment, Solveg.
Do you plan to develop another bicycle repair/build skill?
But I certainly applaud your accomplishment, Solveg.
Do you plan to develop another bicycle repair/build skill?
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I'm not going to follow your lead. I'm terrible at repetitive fine motor skill work. Can't imagine how much I'd be bouncing off of walls after I'd completed installing 27 spokes and still had 45 to go.
But I certainly applaud your accomplishment, Solveg.
Do you plan to develop another bicycle repair/build skill?
But I certainly applaud your accomplishment, Solveg.
Do you plan to develop another bicycle repair/build skill?
But, in the near future, I'm going to decoupage a bike!
Tom, you'd be surprised at how fast it goes. Lacing the wheel took about 30 minutes for the second one, longer for the first because I kept double checking myself.
I'll let you know how long truing takes. But Sheldon Brown says a wheel builder can do a complete wheel in about an hour, which matches up with the low cost of getting one made.
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Well, done!
Now just learn welding and painting and you can do anything!
Now just learn welding and painting and you can do anything!
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I woke up today wondering if I should bite the bullet and turn my formal library into a bike shop.
I sleep in the smallest bedroom of my house...10x12. the only thing in there is a bed. I have a tuckunder garage; the other rooms are over the garage and get cold in the winter.
My main bedroom is a "textile" room. It's pet free so I don't get dog/cat hair all over my clothes. I keep linens and towels in there in addition to my clothes. I sew in there.
The third bedroom is 4 big bookshelves and a large writing desk. It's very pretty. I like it. But I don't actually read in there, and the shelves have slowly gone from holding books to holding camera/computer stuff. I have a lot of video and computer equipment. It's become the storage space for my studio in the basement an all the books have gone up north or down south. I work from home.
Anyway... I never use my living room or dining room, so I may repurpose those into something more usable and give up my library. I have a huge roll-top desk big enough to build wheels on. The only thing I'm worried about is screwing up my hardwood floors. But it would be a nice workroom at 16x12.
My house will be really ugly, though, with a bike room and a giant closet room and a tiny room with a bed in it.
I sleep in the smallest bedroom of my house...10x12. the only thing in there is a bed. I have a tuckunder garage; the other rooms are over the garage and get cold in the winter.
My main bedroom is a "textile" room. It's pet free so I don't get dog/cat hair all over my clothes. I keep linens and towels in there in addition to my clothes. I sew in there.
The third bedroom is 4 big bookshelves and a large writing desk. It's very pretty. I like it. But I don't actually read in there, and the shelves have slowly gone from holding books to holding camera/computer stuff. I have a lot of video and computer equipment. It's become the storage space for my studio in the basement an all the books have gone up north or down south. I work from home.
Anyway... I never use my living room or dining room, so I may repurpose those into something more usable and give up my library. I have a huge roll-top desk big enough to build wheels on. The only thing I'm worried about is screwing up my hardwood floors. But it would be a nice workroom at 16x12.
My house will be really ugly, though, with a bike room and a giant closet room and a tiny room with a bed in it.
Biggest BR is Creative Quilter and Choral Music World Headquarters. Living room is for music and flowers, dining room is where the table is and the mail gets answered, adn the sun room is the Auxiliary bike shop. It has a big stereo, the biggest TV, a sofa, the trainer, and Mrs Road Fan's bike always in "take me for a ride condition." it also has a turntable on which are all the small tools needed for bike fitting. We usually eat here, read and watch TV.
The basement has the Main bike shop - service stand, toolboxes, the C&V Storage Vault with parts, bikes, booze, extra wheels, parts needing to be shipped, parts needing to be installed. fasteners for parts, broken fasterners for parts, litter box, laundry, and cat food. It also has most of my parents' possessions in it. 50 + life!
Oh, yeah, wheels! If I shove aside all the extra wheels in teh C&V Storage Vault, I find a truing stand!!
I need a grinding wheel, tool wall, and a well-lit workbench.
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Road Fan, that sounds like a great house!
I had something odd happen with my wheel tonight.
I thought I did a really good job. There was virtually no dish change side to side (less than 1 mm), the roundness and true looked beautiful. Then we put the tensiometer on it, and all the spokes were 13 on one side and all the spokes on the other side were 14.
I don't know how to fix it without screwing up my dish.
campy centaur hub, Velocity aerohead rims, double butted spokes.
I had something odd happen with my wheel tonight.
I thought I did a really good job. There was virtually no dish change side to side (less than 1 mm), the roundness and true looked beautiful. Then we put the tensiometer on it, and all the spokes were 13 on one side and all the spokes on the other side were 14.
I don't know how to fix it without screwing up my dish.
campy centaur hub, Velocity aerohead rims, double butted spokes.
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If you check, you may find that there is no requirement for the spokes to have similar tension from side to side. The Park Tools spec is +/- 20% from the average of the side you are checking. Most wheelbuilders will better the 20% mark, but beyond that, trueness and dish are what's important.
I assume that since you expected the same tension on each side that you are working on a front, non-disc wheel with equal flange spacing each side of center and that you are not using an OCR rim..........
All you non wheel builders can avert you view while we practice in the secret tongue.
I assume that since you expected the same tension on each side that you are working on a front, non-disc wheel with equal flange spacing each side of center and that you are not using an OCR rim..........
All you non wheel builders can avert you view while we practice in the secret tongue.
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I think it is an OCR wheel. Does that mean "Off Center Receivers" or something like that?
Each nipple hole in the wheel is slightly off center in a staggered pattern. One barely to the left and one barely to the right. They are Velocity Aeroheads with Campy Centaur hubs and double butted spokes.
But I think I may have solved the problem in my sleep. I won't be able to tell until I get my own truing stand.
Right from the beginning, I was confused because the wheel sat in the stand asymmetrically. I asked about it, but it looked OK to her. It's a Park TS-2 or whatever that's called, and I thought it was supposed to be self-centering.
Anyway, she kind of just said it was OK and I could turn my wheel around a lot to just make sure.
Then, as I was working on the roundness, I noticed that the little guides at the bottom didn't line up with the edge of the rim perfectly. The left side would consistently hit the rim before the right side. I asked again if this was normal, and she said because this was a coop, the equipment could be banged up a little or something, and that, once again, if I just made sure to turn the wheel over I would be OK.
This made sense, as I've read that some people true wheels in bikes and would be working in a less precise environment than I was.
So I flipped my wheel a lot, and I was really happy with it until the end with the tensiometer.
It has now occurred to me that the rim* could be off. Maybe there was some machining error which made one side a tad longer and maybe that translated to different spoke tension????
Although, as I'm looking at the wheel, I don't see how the lip of the wheel would impact the spoke tension. So I guess I better go back to sleep and figure out something new.
Each nipple hole in the wheel is slightly off center in a staggered pattern. One barely to the left and one barely to the right. They are Velocity Aeroheads with Campy Centaur hubs and double butted spokes.
But I think I may have solved the problem in my sleep. I won't be able to tell until I get my own truing stand.
Right from the beginning, I was confused because the wheel sat in the stand asymmetrically. I asked about it, but it looked OK to her. It's a Park TS-2 or whatever that's called, and I thought it was supposed to be self-centering.
Anyway, she kind of just said it was OK and I could turn my wheel around a lot to just make sure.
Then, as I was working on the roundness, I noticed that the little guides at the bottom didn't line up with the edge of the rim perfectly. The left side would consistently hit the rim before the right side. I asked again if this was normal, and she said because this was a coop, the equipment could be banged up a little or something, and that, once again, if I just made sure to turn the wheel over I would be OK.
This made sense, as I've read that some people true wheels in bikes and would be working in a less precise environment than I was.
So I flipped my wheel a lot, and I was really happy with it until the end with the tensiometer.
It has now occurred to me that the rim* could be off. Maybe there was some machining error which made one side a tad longer and maybe that translated to different spoke tension????
Although, as I'm looking at the wheel, I don't see how the lip of the wheel would impact the spoke tension. So I guess I better go back to sleep and figure out something new.
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OCR=Off center rim. To be used for rear wheel in some applications. The spoke holes would be spaced around a centerline slightly toward one side of the rim. You would position that offset centerline toward the non drive side of the wheel to improve the geometry of the spoke/rim/hub so as not to have too much dishing on the drive side. This is only available from some manufacturers and is one of those theories that is accepted by some and not by others.
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My living and dining rooms are still intact but the family room is now a multi-purpose room. The weight bench and other exercise equipment are tucked behind the sofa and sofa table. The large chair has been shoved aside to make room for the bike and trainer. The pass-thru to the kitchen makes a handy place for setting water bottles and other items I might want while riding the trainer.
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