Originally Posted by
drhiii
Yes... it has been encouraging. Was partly what I was looking for too. Collective enthusiasm and it happened in spades.
The interactivity also got me to a couple of bike shops which kept the dialogue going. Ended up in some lengthy cool discussions with folks who build wheels and it is all good.
You may find it addictive-
I started out with a simple truing stand for some of the crappy CL bikes I was flipping.
Some of them (Huffy etal) have such flexible brake calipers, that when you had the brake pads far enough away from the wobbly wheels, you didn't have enough brake travel to actually stop.
I then started "salvaging" old wheels for the "flip" bikes, swapping a good front rim to a bent rear to get a usable rear wheel etc. THAT really makes you appreciate NEW parts!
I just finished my 3rd NEW wheel from scratch yesterday.
Picked up 2 NOS Sun Rims CTR16 II's Thur. that I'll build for my Hybrid.
I'm starting to get "wheel poor"
