Originally Posted by
Moe Zhoost
Our local co-op has plenty of salvaged wheels so there is little reason to build them. Occasionally a volunteer will spend some time building a few just for the experience or to help another member, but this is not common.
Salvaged wheels from donated bikes are either in good enough shape to be trued or they are tossed into the scrap metal bin. An exception would be a higher end wheel where the hub and maybe the spokes are salvaged. The bottom line here is that we rarely have good bare rims with which to start an efficient building process.
Careful there. Some guy will come along and tell you not to draw any conclusions from what your local co-op does.
That’s not the way they do it in California, you know?
Last edited by cyccommute; 01-19-22 at 09:46 AM.