Harris Cyclery wheelbuilding

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, good or bad?

thanks

Long Live Sheldon!

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:
Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

On May 6, 8:46*pm, landotter wrote:
On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, *good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

Joseph

On May 6, 4:39 pm, "
wrote:
On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add stability
and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step until
you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and rim
combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.

I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels in
the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's bike
with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out of
the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine $40
top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she reported, "it had been
utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what ya
bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty fun
bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*

On May 7, 8:30*am, landotter wrote:
On May 6, 4:39 pm, "





wrote:
On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, *good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add stability
and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step until
you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and rim
combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.

I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels in
the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's bike
with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out of
the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine $40
top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she reported, "it had been
utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what ya
bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty fun
bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, my current rear wheel is a 36hole Deore hub on a 700C CR-18.
I'm looking for something similar and none of the nashbar/performance/
jenson offer those sorts of wheels. I have 5 years on this wheel, and
the side of the rim is looking kind of grim after all the braking...I
guess Performance has a decent 32 hole wheel with the CD coating. I
could practice up on that one...

On May 7, 8:26 am, jim wrote:
On May 7, 8:30 am, landotter wrote:



On May 6, 4:39 pm, "

wrote:
On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add stability
and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step until
you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and rim
combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.

I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels in
the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's bike
with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out of
the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine $40
top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she reported, "it had been
utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what ya
bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty fun
bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, my current rear wheel is a 36hole Deore hub on a 700C CR-18.
I'm looking for something similar and none of the nashbar/performance/
jenson offer those sorts of wheels. I have 5 years on this wheel, and
the side of the rim is looking kind of grim after all the braking...I
guess Performance has a decent 32 hole wheel with the CD coating. I
could practice up on that one...

Tape a new rim on top of the old one. Transfer the spokes one by one
with an electric driver from the back, snug and true with a spoke
wrench. Tip: don't tighten the spokes too much first thing with the
electric screwdriver first, leave a couple threads showing.

$30 for a new rim, can't beat that.

On May 7, 9:45*am, landotter wrote:
On May 7, 8:26 am, jim wrote:





On May 7, 8:30 am, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 4:39 pm, "

wrote:
On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, *good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add stability
and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step until
you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and rim
combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.

I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels in
the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's bike
with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out of
the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine $40
top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she reported, "it had been
utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what ya
bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty fun
bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, my current rear wheel is a 36hole Deore hub on a *700C CR-18.
I'm looking for something similar and none of the nashbar/performance/
jenson offer those sorts of wheels. I have 5 years on this wheel, and
the side of the rim is looking kind of grim after all the braking...I
guess Performance has a decent 32 hole wheel with the CD coating. I
could practice up on that one...

Tape a new rim on top of the old one. Transfer the spokes one by one
with an electric driver from the back, snug and true with a spoke
wrench. Tip: don't tighten the spokes too much first thing with the
electric screwdriver first, leave a couple threads showing.

$30 for a new rim, can't beat that.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, I have repacked the hub a couple times and discovered that the
races are scored/pitted. So, it's time to start over I think. It still
rolls fine, just not new-like.

On May 7, 11:24 am, jim wrote:
On May 7, 9:45 am, landotter wrote:



On May 7, 8:26 am, jim wrote:

On May 7, 8:30 am, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 4:39 pm, "

wrote:
On May 6, 8:46 pm, landotter wrote:

On May 6, 7:22 am, jim wrote:

Hi all, wondering if anyone out there has had experience with their
custom wheels, good or bad?

If they're building them as Sheldon recommends and checking tension--
I'd trust them for sure. The prices are extremely fair, $40 labor per
wheel and $1 each per butted spoke. Mind, if you need a very normal
combination of rim/spoke/hub--it's more economical and fun to just get
a wheelinabox and tune them using Sheldon Brown's instructions--takes
all of fifteen minutes, and they'll be as durable as something hand
built.

It's even more fun to build them from his instructions!

I don't know if it's fun in the classical sense, but it can be
meditative after you've gotten into it. Tuning a wheelinabox set,
riding them hard and discovering that you've managed to add stability
and value to a commodity is sort of the first little baby step until
you one day arrive at the point where you really need a hub and rim
combo that's unusual enough to require a custom build.

I got to see a gal riding on one of my first sets of custom wheels in
the park this weekend, a trash heap huge orange German woman's bike
with 60cm bars and MA3s on a Sachs Torpedo hub with a premium
assortment of stainless recycled spokes from domestic and European
sponsors (consider the project, people). She'd ridden the snot out of
the thing the last year and had just been to the LBS to put a fine $40
top-of-the-line Electra basket on it, as she reported, "it had been
utterly bullet proof." Good wheels are good wheels, no matter what ya
bolt them to. Good wheels can make orange trash heap bikes pretty fun
bikes, especially if you add gold KMC chains. *bling*- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, my current rear wheel is a 36hole Deore hub on a 700C CR-18.
I'm looking for something similar and none of the nashbar/performance/
jenson offer those sorts of wheels. I have 5 years on this wheel, and
the side of the rim is looking kind of grim after all the braking...I
guess Performance has a decent 32 hole wheel with the CD coating. I
could practice up on that one...

Tape a new rim on top of the old one. Transfer the spokes one by one
with an electric driver from the back, snug and true with a spoke
wrench. Tip: don't tighten the spokes too much first thing with the
electric screwdriver first, leave a couple threads showing.

$30 for a new rim, can't beat that.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Well, I have repacked the hub a couple times and discovered that the
races are scored/pitted. So, it's time to start over I think. It still
rolls fine, just not new-like.

How are the cups? Cones are cheap, $3 each for Deores. If the scoring
is an even wear line, then fresh bearings, cups, and rims, and you're
good to go for under $40. Alternately, you can get a Deore/Sun wheel
from QBP for $75, but it will be 32 spoke.

"landotter" wrote in message
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How are the cups? Cones are cheap, $3 each for Deores. If the scoring
is an even wear line, then fresh bearings, cups, and rims, and you're
good to go for under $40.

Fresh cups? Or do you mean cones?

cheers,
clive

On May 7, 11:57 am, "Clive George" wrote:
"landotter" wrote in message

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How are the cups? Cones are cheap, $3 each for Deores. If the scoring
is an even wear line, then fresh bearings, cups, and rims, and you're
good to go for under $40.

Fresh cups? Or do you mean cones?

cones! Cups usually just get a little wear score that ya can live with
as long as the cones and balls are running in good fresh grease.