wheel building

I think I have made a thread and seen threads similar to this a while
back but I searched and didn't really find what I was looking for. ok
i have a few questions about some stuff.

1.how much does it cost at you lbs to get a wheel built
2.how much does dave stockton charge to build a wheel
3.how hard is it to build you own wheel

i hope you can answer these questions or help me answer these
questions. Thanks


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I think its $10 to lace the spokes (LBS) if thats what you are asking
(im pretty sure it is)

everything else is so variable there is no way to tell you unless you
start naming products


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ok. Thanks. does the lacing include truing it to


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Building a wheel is quite easy.

Best thing to do... get a wheel... set it beside you... start lacing
your new wheel and follow the pattern on your other wheel...

Truing a wheel... get a clamp, clamp something to your forks or frame
that almost touches the rim, like a set of brakes, and tighten away..
assuming you know which spokes to tighten.

If you don't know which spokes to tighten, someone else will post more
detail.


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if I build a wheel instead of buying it it will be a bc wheel but I
think I am just going to buy one where I don't have to go through the
trouble of either getting it made, making it my self or anything else.
i do have one question while I'm in a thread that has a little bit to
do with bicycle wheel sets and i don't want to make a new thread. My
question is where can i get an axle for a unicycle hub and how would i
put it any or anything because the wheel set i want might not have a
wide enough axle for what i probably will do with it.


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Ricky W wrote:
2.how much does dave stockton charge to build a wheel

$50 plus parts and shipping; $100 plus parts and shipping for 36" are
the typical figures I work with. It's more involved than that, but
that's close enough. Email me 'here' )
if you like.


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Ricky W wrote:
if I build a wheel instead of buying it it will be a bc wheel but I
think I am just going to buy one where I don't have to go through the
trouble of either getting it made, making it my self or anything else.
i do have one question while I'm in a thread that has a little bit to
do with bicycle wheel sets and i don't want to make a new thread. My
question is where can i get an axle for a unicycle hub and how would i
put it any or anything because the wheel set i want might not have a
wide enough axle for what i probably will do with it.


You need a special hub for a unicycle, which means relacing the wheel.


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U-Turn wrote:
$50 plus parts and shipping; $100 plus parts and shipping for 36" are
the typical figures I work with. It's more involved than that, but
that's close enough. Email me 'here' )
if you like.



i'm just going to buy one already made


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Borgschulze wrote:
You need a special hub for a unicycle, which means relacing the wheel.



i meant bicycle hub. I'm sorry i didn't notice that until it was to
late to edit it


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Ricky W wrote:
i meant bicycle hub. I'm sorry i didn't notice that until it was to
late to edit it


I bought some rims for my bike a few weeks back, they had super wide
axels... I'm sure you can find an axel long enough for what you need.


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