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Title: wheel building?
Post by: magna13 on October 20, 2008, 08:40 PM

hey people. got some arayas here, need to be respoked and was thinkng of new hubs to, went to me local shop thinking it wasnt gonna be dear and bloody hell it was well expensive! >:(, does anyone do cheap wheel building here??

thanks Zak

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: CD17 on October 20, 2008, 10:42 PM

Yes try it yourself, I used to build my wheels BITD when I was around your age & Sean has made it easy for us all with his guide  :daumenhoch:

Have a go  :)

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/tech/wheelbuild.pdf

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: bof on October 20, 2008, 10:48 PM

just a bit of advice zak, if you can afford it buy yourself a new set of spokes it makes wheelbuilding far easier with new spokes than trying to use old ones. :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: stevj on October 20, 2008, 10:58 PM

highland cycles in Inverness £20 a wheel and they relaced mine 5 cross race laced like they were in their day came out sweet ;)
these guys are old skool

www.highlandcycles.co.uk

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: DIRTBIKER250F on October 20, 2008, 11:06 PM

Were you at Zak ?

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: pickle on October 21, 2008, 07:55 AM

Zak......you live down near Bristol don't ya?  give STIDDS a PM and he may do em for ya for a few quid  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: magna13 on October 21, 2008, 07:57 AM

im in Bristol DB250F :)

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: magna13 on October 21, 2008, 07:58 AM

Quote from: pickle on October 21, 2008, 07:55 AM

Zak......you live down near Bristol don't ya?  give STIDDS a PM and he may do em for ya for a few quid  :daumenhoch:

thanks pickle, i'll drop him one later on ;)

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: magna13 on October 21, 2008, 08:05 AM

would someone drop him a pm for me please as i gotta go to school ::) ::) lol

Title: Re: wheel building?
Post by: stidds on October 21, 2008, 08:06 AM

Already here Zak, will pm you.