Originally Posted by Sixty Fiver

I work as a bike mechanic and instructor at our local co-op and short of building my own frames have been doing all my own work for more than 25 years... for the longest time I usually rebuilt / tuned good existing wheels and then started building my own, built quite a few wheels for other folks, and am now getting quite a few orders to build wheels for more folks since I'm told I have a bit of a gift for this.

I have never had a wheel I built or tuned fail under normal use and have built wheels for folks that see some serious off road use and long distance touring.

Frame building is my next goal.

I won't ride a bike that I have not personally built up or completely over-hauled.