First Wheel build
 

Well they are not C&V and neither is the bike they are on now, but they will be going on a Classic bike when it arrives. Plus this is the only place I really post.

I wanted a 32 spoke 3 cross wheel in silver that was fairly light weight and not too hard on the pockets.

The wheels are Velocity Fusion rims, with Circus Monkey hubs, DT 14/16 spokes front and rear non-drive side and 14/15 rear drive side. The wheels had a couple pings, but nothing loud or serious. Very pleased for my first build, I tested them on a descent, climb, rough brick rode and hit a pothole accidentally. A rough 20 mile test run.
Checked them when I got home and they are still 100% true, only time will tell how well I did though.

They came in at a little over 1600 grams, I hope with the 32 spokes and mid aero profile they will be able to take a beating and last awhile.

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Jake

That bike rocks Jake.

Way to go.

Wheels look great, and so does your decal set...

How long did it take you to do this? I'm asking 'cause I may attempting my first wheel build real soon.

Nice job, Jake!

Neal

One thing I found out is that the learning curve on wheelbuilding seems to go up exponentially after you build your first couple.
I'm almost tempted to disaasemble a wheelset I built last year to get another crack at making it more perfect than the last try as I noticed recently that the set I built after it is so much closer to perfect than that first set. I'm sure it's not really bad at all, but I think we just end up as our own worst critics when it comes to wheel building.

Chombi

Jake will be showing at NAHBS next year. We'll "out" him as a custom dude....

I replaced the spokes on my '78 raleigh pro using zinn's book. It took several days as I was in no hurry. Establishing the initial lacing/cross pattern was kind of tricksy, and the final truing/tensioning was more stressful than anything else.

Good job! There are few things I find more personally satisfying than riding wheels I built.

If you havent already, you (and everyone who enjoys building wheels) should read this blog.
http://wheelfanatyk.blogspot.com/

No tension meter, just the pluck and tone method. I am hoping to score a tension meter soon though.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Jake

Yeah, looking great to me! Building wheels is tons of fun.

Great feeling isn't it?

Awesome!

Nice work and congratulations. A tip of the hat for using DB 14/16 gauge spokes your first time out, and getting it right. (By "right" I mean hardly any pinging and no un-truing, i.e., you got the wind-up out of those thin twisty wires before the wheel hit the road.) I'm assuming you meant to say 14/16 for the front and rear NON-drive side, right?

No they are tricky wheels, two drive sides :o... I fixed it.

Jake