Originally Posted by
sstorkel
Wheel building is surprisingly easy once you own the tools...
Exactly.
Jobst Brandt tested his book _The Bicycle Wheel_ by having each of his grade school sons build a pair of wheels with no additional help. It worked.
It's an evening project (even for the first wheel) sort of thing, or two when you have less patience and opt to lace the first evening and tension + true the second.
Given a couple of nice beers I find it enjoyable.