Originally Posted by roccobike
Thanks for the post Thrify 1. At least the rest of us won't get stung by that firm. I just built my first wheel and I'm finishing the final tension process. I made plenty of mistakes and was thinking of posting a top 10 things not to do when building a wheel. But overall, I found it was tedious, but not that hard.
Keep building - by the time you hit the fourth wheel, your fingers have a good idea of what to do, it's coming automatically, and the tediousness disappears. Now, you add a good beer or two, a fine cigar, and settle back in your chair for an quiet, relaxing, enjoyable evening.
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