Originally Posted by Scooper
I've got a couple of thousand miles on my first "made by me" wheelset, and the wheels are great. They've remained true and tensioned in spite of some unintentional abuse, and building them gave me a terrific sense of accomplishment. For some reason, the rear wheel wound up with the stem between crossed spokes, and after a couple of weeks agonizing over whether to leave it that way or rebuild it, I decided to rebuild (I was embarrassed to be seen riding the bike with the stem between crossed spokes).
The reason for building my own was that I bought the bike with tubular rims and wanted to switch to clinchers, but wanted to keep the original high flange Campy Record hubs.
I found the $9.00 e-book
"Wheelbuilding" to be invaluable. As others have noted, patience is the key to a successful first build.
Nice job, Scooper - I have a beautiful pair of Campy high-flanged hubs attached to some Fiamme rims which have been sitting in my sisters attic in the UK for the past 25 years. I'm trying to get them to either send the wheels or cut the hubs out and send them over so I can do the same as you. BTW, any particular reason your pulling spokes on the rear are on the outside of the flange?
- Wil