Originally Posted by
Pkmnwill
I was just wondering if it's possible to learn how to true/lace wheels without searching endlessly through videos. I am fifteen and i can fix anything on a bike except for almost anything that has to do with wheels i want to build my own wheel set too but i need to learn how to do it before i put money into it. Yah i googled it looked through youtube did all that stuff any other ideas or personal experience? thanks.
Well... I learned to build wheels when I was 16 and just starting to work in a bike shop. Maybe there's an old mechanic willing to teach you.
I agree that Jobst Brandt's book is a good one- lots of theory and lots of practical information about how wheels go together.
Don't worry about different patterns. Once you learn how to build wheels one way, it's easy to experiment and build them other ways. The tough part is having the patience to build wheels
right: round, true, tight and evenly tensioned. It took me 5 or 6 years before I built consistently high quality wheels. Now I do it for fun.