Originally Posted by iherald
If I don't ever think I'll build my own wheel, will it still be useful for me?
Thinking is nothing. Doing is everything. But I think it might help the understanding of wheels more. It would also help truing practice.
I'll be doing lacing (helps when replacing a spoke), tensioning, fixing hops and wobble while building (helpful for fixing actual hops and wobbles) and that sort of stuff. I'll also outline all the mistakes to watch out for that I learned while building my first few wheels.