Sun, 28 Aug 2011 07:31:03 +0100 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.5a http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1984#Comment_1984 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1984#Comment_1984 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:12:29 +0100 paul_kelp
thnx a bunch for any helping reply

paul

p.s: since i am still training and trying to find out wether i have the guts for this job (ye know the whole deliver or die madness), the weight of the wheels is not that important. also i do not yet ride a fixie.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1985#Comment_1985 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1985#Comment_1985 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:28:44 +0100 Buffalo Bill
The brand? Get whatever your builder reccomends. They know their stuff.

Ross at Brixton is a good builder, Monty at Condor is the most experienced, but rarely builds, and my old fave Helmut Burns has quit.

BTW, it's not deliver or die. It's just deliver. Dying shouldn't really come into it at all.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1986#Comment_1986 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1986#Comment_1986 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 14:48:21 +0100 americano
If you haven't already, get a cheap ass second hand bike before your wheels actually do break.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1988#Comment_1988 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1988#Comment_1988 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:16:50 +0100 Buffalo Bill http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1991#Comment_1991 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1991#Comment_1991 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:30:02 +0100 winston
I've had shit condor wheels, maybe Monty didn't make 'em.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1992#Comment_1992 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1992#Comment_1992 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:41:10 +0100 Buffalo Bill
Capp's wheels were the best I have ever had (even Monty said so), but Ross' were pretty good also.

HR has a really good rep, doesn't he? Wasn't Don getting his from him?]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1993#Comment_1993 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1993#Comment_1993 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 17:09:45 +0100 breakingaway http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1995#Comment_1995 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1995#Comment_1995 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:58:43 +0100 Bread Pedaler http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1997#Comment_1997 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1997#Comment_1997 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:26:05 +0100 paul_kelp so much info - great!!!
i ll dig into that handbuild thing once i am not dead broke anymore.
until then i ll probably just get a set of new ebay racin bike wheels for 50 quid.

what s the difference when you get handbuild wheels, except for the performance? (i mean technically)
how much practice is needed before i can tighten the spokes myself? i was told its nearly impossible to learn if you dont have endless practice time and wheels on your hand..., true?

cheers

paul]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1998#Comment_1998 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1998#Comment_1998 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:45:53 +0100 paul_kelp
if you say that your wheels last several thousand ks does that mean without touching and readjusting (tightening the spokes)? good wheels just stay true?

cheers

paul]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1999#Comment_1999 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=1999#Comment_1999 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:43:22 +0100 Buffalo Bill http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2003#Comment_2003 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2003#Comment_2003 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:34:59 +0100 Bread Pedaler
whoever told you that is either a liar or a clueless fool

I learnt from this G-sport BMX guide to wheelbuilding its a piece of piss once you've read it, keep referring back to it until you know the technique off by heart]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2008#Comment_2008 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2008#Comment_2008 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:22:20 +0100 Buffalo Bill
Some people can, some people can't. I did it once. The wheel collapsed (totally collapsed, banana shaped and floppy spokes) in an alleycat, and dumped me on the tarmac.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2009#Comment_2009 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2009#Comment_2009 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:25:32 +0100 the real slim shakey
http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html

this will tell you pretty much everything you need to know. there is an art to wheelbuilding, but once you have the basics its a piece of piss]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2011#Comment_2011 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2011#Comment_2011 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:31:35 +0100 the real slim shakey http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2027#Comment_2027 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2027#Comment_2027 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:46:35 +0100 Papa44 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2030#Comment_2030 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2030#Comment_2030 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:52:25 +0100 _targetbot http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2033#Comment_2033 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2033#Comment_2033 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:54:48 +0100 the real slim shakey
lightweights and fakengers go hand in hand?]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2034#Comment_2034 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2034#Comment_2034 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:19:43 +0100 dicki http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2043#Comment_2043 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2043#Comment_2043 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:15:37 +0100 redrum http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2046#Comment_2046 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2046#Comment_2046 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:32:50 +0100 Bread Pedaler http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2049#Comment_2049 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2049#Comment_2049 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:09:43 +0100 Buffalo Bill
Selim broke 4 frames last year...

http://46-18.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-many-bikes-does-messenger-need.html]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2054#Comment_2054 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2054#Comment_2054 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:14:24 +0100 redrum
(i know im a fu*kin poser)]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2055#Comment_2055 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2055#Comment_2055 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:17:46 +0100 _targetbot
There was a guy in Cycle Surgery in West Hampstead who built good wheels - but he went off to build boats instead. There is also a brilliant mechanic in Whiskers in Goffs Oak who can build wheels to the standard Winston describes above - e.g. 18 months courier work on a wheel and then the hub goes cock while the rim is still going strong.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2056#Comment_2056 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2056#Comment_2056 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:30:44 +0100 Buffalo Bill http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2058#Comment_2058 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2058#Comment_2058 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:57:41 +0100 _targetbot
What I like is the way they open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday only - and close for an hour on these days for lunch. And you have to send an SAE for a catalogue. That is proper retailing you can't knock, that is.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2061#Comment_2061 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2061#Comment_2061 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:05:15 +0100 lucky_7
had two lots of wheels from condor, one rear died in 100miles, but it was built as a rush job.

one rear from brixtons was kind of egg shaped in its circle for some reason, which was weird when you know that the builting rig has a pan for checking movement this way too. who knows, maybe i pissed them off there or something...

best set of wheels ever was hope xc on 217 ceramics, by alf jones up in north wales. perfect wheel built..

i reckon the best bet is to not rush a builder for the wheels, so that way they won't cut corners..]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2068#Comment_2068 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2068#Comment_2068 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:01:57 +0100 selimski
And I ride 24 spokes wheels.explain me that...]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2072#Comment_2072 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2072#Comment_2072 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:19:03 +0100 Buffalo Bill
Wheels too stiff?

Errr.

Too much skidding?

Errrr.

Too many dodgy jumble purchases?

BTW, I read your 'nutters' post. Fuck me, the Knightsbridge incident was scary! Phew.

http://46-18.blogspot.com/2007/07/nutters.html]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2086#Comment_2086 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2086#Comment_2086 Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:18:29 +0100 hippy Not optimum for climbing, nor TT's but durability-wise.. sweet.
90% of the strength lies with the builder's skill anyway.]> http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2375#Comment_2375 http://www.movingtargetzine.com/forum/discussion/329/?Focus=2375#Comment_2375 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:27:20 +0100 dicki sweet wheels]>