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.











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.
https://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 ... I fixed it.

Jake