A few recent comments from a local club's chatter list answering a member's, "Any good local wheel builders?" query. ~Tony
Rich Lesnik is reputed to be the best wheel builder around, tho I think he is too modest to claim that position. He is a member of the club. Rich Lesnik has the reputation. Wheelbuilding is his specialty and he seems to be considered a master. He builds dozen(s) of wheels per week -- for starters, he builds all the wheels for Rivendell, whose reputation you probably know -- so if practice make perfect, he sure gets the practice. He gets repeated high recommendations on the SF Randonneurs maillist. The rear wheel he rebuilt for me 3 years ago (old hub, new rim) has gone over 20,000 miles without needing a single re-true. I have used other wheelbuilders with good reputations, but none have built me a wheel which stays true like that. At that time, Rich was recommended to me by a particularly large / heavy (>200lb) / strong GPC member who told me that Rich's wheels can stand up to *him*. After I managed to destroy a wheel that a local shop claimed was "bomb-proof," I called Rich. I was in the final stages of qualifying for PBP and wanted one less thing to worry about. Rich built me a rear wheel on an expedited basis so that I could ride my 600k brevet the following week. This wheel has been with me since 2011 with many thousands of miles, PBP, and local commuting. I am one of those >200 lb. riders, so when I load up the bike for a long brevet, the wheels get a workout. The wheel Rich built has never had an issue, never needed truing, and just keeps rolling. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
