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Truing Stand
On 6/7/2021 9:17 PM, pH wrote:
On 2021-06-07, Frank Krygowski wrote: On 6/6/2021 10:08 PM, jbeattie wrote: It was hard to screw-up 120mm/36 spoke wheels on SC Mod 52 or other robust rims of the era. Apart from instruction from a friend and shop owner and the Wright pamphlet and later Jobst's book (which I bought at Cupertino Bike Shop immediately after its release), practically all my cohorts built wheels -- and we all hung out at the same shop owned by Mr. Wheel Guru, who ran twice-weekly shop rides (races) -- and half of them worked for brand-new Specialized Bicycle Components and lived and breathed bike stuff. I knew Phil Wood (his son was a friend), so that's the direction I went after probably '75/6, although I had some racing wheels with Campy hubs Anyway, wheel building was a thing back then -- as it was on this NG during Jobst's tenure. Now is wheels in a box. Things change. And I'll bet that "wheels in a box" came about largely due to the development of automated wheel building machines. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITEQLn8SUE Thank God for engineers! Peter White of Peter White cycles is still building wheels and I'm sure our Mr. Muzi gets to go home and lace a rim or three while watching TV once in awhile (that's why my bike shop owning friend said he used to do). Now I feel like taking a spare front wheel down, taking it apart and building it, just for fun. pH I haven't built a wheel outside the shop since the day I started working here. And I don't own a television. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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