Originally Posted by
BayBruin
Great advice. The wheels were "professionally" built by my LBS. They get a lot of turn over but the guy who built these is their lead mechanic who has been there for years. I'll take the wheel back there tomorrow and see what they say. Thanks.
I started building my own wheels, why? The professional builder at the professional road race shop built a Velocity Deep V 32 hole wheel that didn't survive the first 40 mile ride under my 240 lb body.
The first wheel I built lasted over 20,000 miles with one minor truing after 200 miles (initial tension readjustment) and one small adjustment at 13,000 miles!
I'm sure some of the others will agree, a lead mechanic does not a competent wheel builder make!
Seems to me that if you've had to make several trips to the shop for retruing and retensioning, somebody doesn't know what they're doing! I'd find another wheel guy!
