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For the record, I'm not very fond of Brandt's book The Bicycle Wheel either. Big deal.

Was taught dry at UBI. Know a guy who cracked Topline cranks at the crank taper hole who swore by greasing spindle.

40 Nm, or to crank mfg spec, no grease.

I don't think anybody is.

Just out of curiousity, what dont you like about that book? I used this book to build my first wheelset since that was what my LBS recommended. So I used his book (plus sheldon brown's website) Crap. :(

The basis of my bicycle knowledge comes from Sheldon Brown, Leonard Zinn, and Brandt's articles. Have I been reading the wrong people?

(Note: I am not being sarcastic. I am seriously asking if I have been studying from the wrong people)

There isn't anything wrong with the book per se. It is just that there are only really like 4 pages of it that are actually useful. Does anybody really need outdated calculations of spoke strength?

It is awesome that somebody finally decided to apply some science to the problem of wheel building but it doesn't really help most people build wheels.

Thanks goodness. Hopefully my wheel wont explode under me.

I actually liked all the science-y stuff. Since I never built a wheel before, it was nice to see the theory behind why things were done the way they were done.

Some people do better with the techy stuff; some people do better with an artsy-fartsy approach. To the latter, Brandt is anathema -- suggest Gerd Schraner's The Art of Wheelbuilding instead.