Originally Posted by
mrrabbit
Spoke prep, glues, etc, are unnecessary. Properly tension a wheel to begin with, even today's rear wheels with extreme asymetrical offset and it'll be fine. The "glues" are handy to cover loose spokes residing in a flat spot area to buy time. Not everyone for various reasons can drop off a wheel for a rebuild right away.
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Yeah, thanks for that. When I looked at the $31 price of the spoke prep I practically crapped. I mean, I found my Tiagra rear hub on sale for $19.10 and the WTB Freedom Ryder 23 rim on sale for $16.88.