Originally Posted by
grueling
I would love to hear how those rims hold up. I am considering a set as well. Did you use a reference book/website to help build up your first set of wheels?
Sheldon Brown's instructions, a couple of different spoke length calculators to ensure I got the lengths right and that was it. Oh,...and Mr Beanz encouragement to get off my ass and just do it. It really isn't hard if you are at all mechanically inclined and have a bit of patience. The most important thing you can purchase is a tension meter. The Park TM-1 is far from perfect. But, it's readily available.
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