Originally Posted by
Abe_Froman
I've got 5000 miles and a cross race on the first wheel I built last year
It really isn't that hard. But I agree...if you're just doing it to save 50 or $100...probably not the best option. You'd have to have an interest in picking up wheelbuilding as a hobby. But really the only point I was making is that it really isn't very hard at all. It's not some sort of wierd dark art. If you can follow directions, you can build a perfect wheel. It's like building a model airplane more than anything.
Right, but how fast did you make that wheel? That was what I meant by "at speed"; the first wheel, to be safe, will take a LONG time of checking everything and probably redoing a lot of it. Hours, certainly.
And when I try to build a model airplane, I wind up with glue on everything, a pile of broken parts, and frustration.