I have the same edition. I used to run across Jobst Brandt on usenet and he's a curmugeon! I wonder how much he updated his actual philosophies between editions. Regardless, it's a fine piece of work and a great reference.
I have an old (14 yrs or so) set of mavic open pros with ultegra hubs that are in dire need of retruing (they never seemed to stay true) - maybe i'll stick those in a stand and see if I can get them true before building something from scratch. It would be nice to have a backup set of wheels, that's for sure.