Hi,

I've recently completed restoring my beloved Schwinn Aluminum road bike from 1991. I found a fine wheelset online, which I'm currently using, but it has Shimano 105SC (1055) hubs while the rest of the bike is using Shimano 600 Ultegra (6400) parts. I already have a fitting 6400 hubset, and I would really like to try my hand at building the wheels myself, using Sheldon Brown's tutorial on wheelbuilding.

I still have the original wheels that the bike came with (Sun Metal M-13, silver anodized). The hubs are gone beyond repair, however. I was wondering if it's a possible (or even a good idea) to disassemble the wheels and put the "new old" hubs in. Rims, spokes and nipples look okay to me.. The wheels are even fairly true after all those years.

What are your thoughts on this? Should I try to reuse the original rims (and possibly spokes) or is that a waste of time and energy? I'm not keen on having an accident because of old parts failing on me..