I’ve built a handful of wheels with only a truing stand. They’ve all come out fine. I find Jobst’s book to have the clearest instructions. You can check dish by flipping the wheel over.
Ironically, I started building my own when the expensive custom wheel I got from my LBS detensioned completely after one ride. Mine have held up much better! Eric On Sunday, October 18, 2020, 'Steven Seelig' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > So with COVID and all, I've decided that now is the time to do stuff that > I haven't ever done before. Learning to speak French is perhaps a bridge > too far - not so good at language. But it seems reasonable to think that I > can at least build a front wheel with a Dyno hub to put on the Sam I ride > in the means streets of DC and on some gravel. > > I have a truing stand but not a dishing tool. I would say I am a > competent wrencher. Of course anyone who has built up a wheel did it once > for the first time. Is this something I should take on? What are the odds > for success? Will I quit in frustration? > > Points of view encouraged. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9d0483ec-84ce-4b7f-924d- > eb6849982cc1n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9d0483ec-84ce-4b7f-924d-eb6849982cc1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5CkOgHMz6aDj7VORwYXAKXC_gRuA0031qAmcmi60kznsw%40mail.gmail.com.
