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Old 06-18-09, 05:55 PM
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tuz
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Originally Posted by kergin
FWIW - it just isn't worth repairing / making your own wheels. The amount of real experience in building successful wheels is just too prohibitive. IIRC, Keith said you start to "get good" after around 100 wheels.
I respectfully disagree! Building a wheel is not really hard, sure there are a few things to know (nothing that isn't in a book or online) but a 28-32-36 spoke wheel can be quite forgiving. As long as you have a decent amount of tension you'll be fine. You should give it a try it's fun. But certainly a pro-built wheel is likely to be better.

Anyway trueno that rim is toast! Garbage please.

And awesome bike krusty.
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