+1 for building your own. I'm no mechanical genius, but I have now built more than half a dozen wheelsets, and they're all on the road and doing fine, including a couple of wooden rim wheelsets, a Rohloff rear and a couple of SON dynamo wheels. It's not that hard -- I just read through Sheldon's article on wheelbuilding first (here: http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html ), and now I keep it by my wheelbuilding stand as a security blanket. Take your time, be careful, and you'll get a good result.
From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Leslie Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:54 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Cc: internet-bob Subject: [RBW] Re: Wheelset for Ram For a rim, I would suggest considering Velocity's A23 rim: http://www.velocityusa.com/default.asp?contentID=746 (I have them in 650b, and really like them, built my first wheelset on those rims.) Jim Thill, Rich Lesnik, Anthony at Longleaf, Peter White... all would build you a good wheel set.. not, a GREAT wheel set. I have two wheelsets that Rich built me before I started building my own, his are perfect; Peter has a stellar reputation; Anthony is who I got my 650b A23 rims from; and Jim is just an all-round great fella, can-do whatever it is you need.. But you work at a shop now, right? Just thinkin'.... Build your own wheelset? I queued up numerous videos on youtube, read Jobst Brandt's book, used my HoH wheels as a guide, and had at it... they're functioning very well for me. I picked the hubs I wanted, picked the rims, picked the spokes, and did it myself... learned a lot, and can now tune up my family's wheels as needed now.... -- 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<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com<mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **************************************************** To ensure compliance with Treasury Department regulations, we advise you that, unless otherwise expressly indicated, any federal tax advice contained in this message was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or applicable state or local tax law provisions or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matters addressed herein. **************************************************** **************************************************** This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any email) and any printout thereof. Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their professional qualifications will be provided upon request. **************************************************** ============================================================================== -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
