Originally Posted by
unterhausen
........ Surprisingly, he came back when he couldn't figure it out. In his defense, this was before the availability of wheel building books and the internet.
there were sources back then that shared the methods of building wheels. I think I learned it from Sloan's "Complete Book of Bicycling", with a bit of help from the Cyclo-Pedia catalog (or was it the other way around?). Either way, it was around 1974 when I was in 9th grade that I built my first set of wheels. The only tool was a Cyclo spoke wrench, I think. Sunshine hubs and Weinmann dimpled rims, with Robergel spokes. Nothing fancy, but I was very happy with the results.
Steve in Peoria