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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Stodgy on April 21, 2007, 02:54 PM

Title: I'm feeling smug as feck...
Post by: Stodgy on April 21, 2007, 02:54 PM: ...just finished my first ever wheel build!!!!

Straight n true, my wheel building virginity has gone. :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b292/stodgy1/Photo72.jpg)
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Post by: jT Racing on April 21, 2007, 03:12 PM: well done fella, now is it round and true??
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Post by: harris on April 21, 2007, 03:20 PM: good man,you do realise pete will be hounding you now :4_17_5:
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Post by: Stodgy on April 21, 2007, 03:23 PM: Yep! Round and true! Couldn't believe it!!! Just went round 2 turns, 2 turns, 2 turns, slowly, slowly, catch the monkey...and it all came together nicely.

I'm surprised how easy it was. :)
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Post by: 2020mad on April 21, 2007, 03:34 PM: RAD CAPTION COMPITITION OPPERTUNITY :daumenhoch:
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Post by: MartyC on April 21, 2007, 03:38 PM: Shame it's back to front :LolLolLolLol:

You look like your on a caffeine rush, drink a lot of RedBull while doing it?
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Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 21, 2007, 04:37 PM: the silly fecker has laced his head into the wheel.......only in henley
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Post by: harris on April 21, 2007, 04:44 PM: he was clean shaven when he started .
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Post by: MartyC on April 21, 2007, 04:57 PM: Quote from: harris on April 21, 2007, 04:44 PM
he was clean shaven when he started .

yeah, he hasn't mentioned he started building it over a week ago :LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: Dark Diggler on April 21, 2007, 05:07 PM: How did you get Mike D from the Beastie Boys in shot? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: did he build the wheel really

:LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: stuntmaster on April 21, 2007, 05:11 PM: look like a scene from a horror movie ;D
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Post by: QUADROPHENIA on April 21, 2007, 06:57 PM: dave i just had to come back just to make sure you didn't have any chins caught in there
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Post by: Gashead on April 21, 2007, 07:18 PM: Glad to see its not only me he takes the piss out of !

Top job Dave - but it is upside down :2funny:
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Post by: CD17 on April 21, 2007, 10:19 PM: Well done Dave, I done my first one in 20 something years the other week, came out fine.

:)
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Post by: bmxmatt1974 on April 22, 2007, 09:56 PM: fair play, i never done 1
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Post by: retrogeezer on April 23, 2007, 07:56 AM: here's johnny!!
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Post by: daz bmx it! on April 23, 2007, 09:10 PM: Believe it or not! them spokes are in the wrong way round? ???
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Post by: lazychubs on April 23, 2007, 10:07 PM: you dont arf look like manu.s goalie van de sar lol
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Post by: 2020mad on April 23, 2007, 10:35 PM: Quote from: retrogeezer on April 23, 2007, 07:56 AM
here's johnny!!
thats what i thought :LolLolLolLol:
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Post by: SaMAlex on April 23, 2007, 10:40 PM: Its hard to tell from the pic, but it looks like you might have forgoten to 'weave' the spokes under/over on the last cross.

I could be wrong, and it doesnt make that much diference really.
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Post by: hunterdubber on April 23, 2007, 11:26 PM: Tuffs aren't as easy to respoke :crazy2: