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Old 06-26-12 | 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Drew Eckhardt
_The Bicycle Wheel_ by Jobst Brandt.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bicycle-Wh.../dp/0960723668

He tested it on his grade school sons by having them each build a wheel set with no additional help.

If you follow the directions it will take you a while but you'll end up with wheels that stay true until crashed and don't break spokes in the first few hundred thousand miles.
I read that book, but ended up following Sheldon's website for directions on how to build my wheel instead. Wasn't too hard (though I just did that and haven't mounted/ridden on the wheel yet).
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