For quite a few years I built all of my own wheels...............and loved it. It was fun and satisfying. Modern technology wheels are a bit more of a problem though because the materials are not as available at a price that I want to pay. Over the last couple of years I have simply run across deals on wheels that were less than I could buy the parts for.
The good thing though..........the experience over the years has prepared me to maintain those new wheels.
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