| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3214 |
| Total number of notes: | 31946 |
I am interested in learning how to build wheels this winter (having
gone through 2 rims this summer, It would probably be a good thing
to learn).
Does anyone else out there share this desire?
Is there anyone out there who would be interested in offering
instruction?
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 882.1 | Wheelbuilding taught cheap - inquire within | SMURF::BINDER | A complicated and secret quotidian existence | Thu Sep 29 1988 17:38 | 16 |
Sure, I can teach you how to build wheels. Assuming, of course, that you are located somewhere near Nashua, NH - wheelbuilding isn't a good correspondence course. My credentials, for your interest, are that I've been building wheels for myself and others, as a pastime, not a business, for something like 12 years. I've built most kinds of wheels from racing (sew-up) to coaster-brake, including mountain bikes. No wheel I've built has ever folded up. Well, let me rephrase that a little. One did. Sort of. In '79, with about 4000 miles on the set of wheels I was using, I was hit and my bike destroyed, including the fork. I was hit in the rear, and the rear wheel was pretzeled. The front wheel is still perfect - I keep it as a souvenir. - Dick | |||||
| 882.2 | An in person teacher is great, but next best... | GENRAL::P_DUNN | Mon Oct 03 1988 14:30 | 6 | |
Although it is hard to beat an experienced teacher, an alternative
is to by the book "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt. (I think
that is the title, and I'm postive about the authors name.) I taught
myself this way, and over the past 6 years have built all my own
wheels and had very good luck with them.
Paul
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| 882.3 | "The Bicycle Wheel" by Jobst Brandt | NETCAD::FORSBERG | NIPG, Hub Products Group | Fri Sep 22 1995 11:41 | 3 |
Anybody know any stores in the 495 area that would carry this book?
Thanks
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| 882.4 | UHUH::LUCIA | http://asaab.zko.dec.com/people/tjl/biography.html | Thu Sep 28 1995 10:50 | 4 | |
Belmont Wheel Works. 495 is a LONG road. You probably mean Maynard/Acton/Stow/Marlboro. I don't know what's there. Good text. Tim | |||||
| 882.5 | Peter White | STAR::LEACHE | Fri Sep 29 1995 17:03 | 1 | |
Peter White (Acton) carries the Brandt book ... | |||||