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Cormac Eason

Posted: 09/10/06 17:17:47 47


Message:	Have a look here: http://www.sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html For more detail on stress relieving, and pretty much everything else you need to know. I also recommend reading the book 'The Bicycle Wheel' by Jobst Brandt and there's a book you can download for about by Roger Musson on the practical aspects of wheelbuilding too http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php - It's well worth the read if you're planning on having a go at building wheels. The only difference in technique between Sheldonbrown and Roger Musson is that Sheldon Brown recommends the drive side pulling spokes (Those that see extra tension while you pedal) should be laced to the inside of the hub flange (For reasons I've detailed earlier in this thread based on the damage a chain will do to the wheel if it hops inside the cassette), while Roger Musson says you can go either way, but that doing it with the pulling spokes to the outside of the drive side flange seems to be the standard. For disk wheels the spokes that see extra tension while braking (On the disk side of the hub) should be laced to the outside of the hub flange... Lacing the wheel with the spokes that go from the inside of the flange to the rim first is a lot easier too. Lace all the pulling or pushing spokes first (Pulling spokes are best for the back hub as they should all be laced to the inside of the hub flanges).
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