sooooooo progress... i'm done!

the wheel is now done like... 90% correct.

let me explain...

spokes are now in the right offset holes, oh man huge difference that made! also, i can now see the word "formula" on the hub through the valve hole, BUT.... valve hole is not in the right spot in relation to spoke pattern...

and this is only because i lack the tools and access to tools at this point, to take off my track cog and lock ring.

for some reason or another, our tool to remove the lock ring is missing. and because we don't ever deal with track wheels at the shop, the chain whip has an 8 speed chain on it that will not fit on the cog even if i did devise a way to get the lock ring on... my only option was to use vice and ruin both

and u guessed it, we dont have any track cogs in the shop!!!

all this made me very ashamed of my shop and left me with a wheel only 90% correct, but correct enough for me. i can get on the vlave with a pump just fine, so that doesnt seem to be a problem with me... and the wheel is truer than its ever was before with nipples that actually look new.

-Wacker