The components of a wire wheel are the rim, spokes, nipples, and hub. Turning your hand to a new skill is a great way to blow away a few psychological cobwebs. These are the primary factors that determine a bicycle wheels integrity and are the focus of this article. I do not know if you can grab a generic bike wheel and only support the bearing on one side like that. Most literature on wheelbuilding focuses only on building the wheels. Nike asks you to accept cookies for performance, social media and advertising purposes. Proteus bicycles 9827 rhode island ave college park, md 20740 301 4412928. Wheel building courses are more commonly booked as 1. Wheel building spoke length i have a set of hope pro 4 boost hubs that i will be lacing up with dt swiss ex 511 29er rims dt swiss published erd 601mm. Ive got a few wheel building books on pdf, was wondering if any one could add any good ones to the list.
Bicycle bike repair building wheels wheelbuilding truing. Please see the wheelbuilding book, it contains everything i know about building and repairing wheels. That process, of course, starts with you we work with you to choose a mix of components and specs that exactly fits you, your bike, and how you plan to use it. A practical guide to wheel building 3 thank you for purchasing this book. The book describes how to build frames for 26 wheels, 27 wheels, 700c wheels, 650c wheels, and 650b wheels. The winter 2019 wheel bulding course is now 2 days, saturday and sunday 9am7pm. The book represents a factual account of how i build wheels and is provided in the hope that. We teach wheel building on a onetoone basis rather than in groups, as we think that this gives the best experience to students.
Note that the nipples have allen heads at their ends, accessible only with the tire and tube removed, but some will have slots for conventional screwdrivers instead. This instructable describes the basic concept of how to build a 36 spoke bike wheel. In fact, i taught myself so i know its not too difficult to learn. The algebraic sum of negative and positive forces compression and tension is the same. If a spoke develops a sharp bend in it while building, please replace the spoke. We aim to complete booked wheel builds within 48 hours ready for collection from our london store or ready for shipping. Even for an experienced mechanic, building a wheel takes between 3 and 20 times. A modern guide to urban cycling written by an rbicycling mod and.
There are very few things we use every day that can handle so much stress yet weigh so little. Its a skill all bike tourists should probably should learn, but few of us do. Instead, we take our bikes to the shop when the wheels wear out and watch the mechanics spin rims and twist spokes. It is impossible to write a book such as this without the assistance and support from many quarters. When people say a wheel feels flexy they are describing low lateral stiffness, and weve ridden plenty of flexy 29 inch alloy wheels ourselves. Boy i wish id had this book when i started to build my own wheels. The back of the book is full of easy to follow equations explaining the various forces on a wheel as well as how to calculate spoke length. This book provides a different insight into wheel building from the classic by.
Get the latest edition 7 of the wheelbuilding book, and get a full new book free of charge whenever a new edition is released. Lacing side 1 possibly the most frustrating part of building a wheel, so be sure to be patient, and take your time, double checking all the. Even most experienced bicycle mechanics arent particularly fast or good at it. If youre interested in an exhaustive source on bicycle wheelbuilding, read my late friend jobst brandts the bicycle wheel 3rd edition, a great book on the subject sold at shops. There was no information about why i should use a particular hub, rim, spoke, or spoke pattern other than that one was more responsive than another. Provide us with some information about you, select the components you would like used in your wheels and with in 15 business days you will have fully hand built set of wheels shipped to you. In straightforward language supplemented with clear linedrawings this book shows you how to build wheels. Click image to enlarge do it yourself 4 wheel pedal bike free plans. Bicycle wheelbuilding is not some arcane science reserved for team bicycle mechanics, nor does it require an apprenticeship in a bicycle shop. In many climates, the nipples have a tendency to corrode solid even before the.
Wheelbuilding is the process of assembling wire wheels generally a bicycle wheel, but including wheelchairs, and some cars. Review of professional guide to wheel building by roger musson. I bought the art of wheelbuilding on a whim to complete my wheel building library. Bicycles need wheels, roads and asphalt made of oil, not natural gas, not wind energy to roll on, for the most part. Before using this book and for the correct crossing of spokes for both hub flanges of each individual wheel, please refer to the latest spoke length chart. What are the top 2 or 3 wheelbuilding books out there. Build your first bike wheel its easier than you think. The practice of assembling wheels was traditionally taught as an apprenticeship to a mechanic working in a bike shop. Than cut a jag in the tube made by your turner to fit the wedge in it, to connect the tube with the gear.
Oversize items or orders weighing over 50 lbs are not included in this promotion. Wheel building wheels are for riding, they mean freedom, whether it be on the road from racing to touring or for off road riding at the cycle clinic you will find wheels built just for you. Wheel building philosophy and other info nox composites. Turn the wheel over so the valve hole is still away from you with one of the first set of spokes in the hole now to its right. Lugged bicycle frame and fork construction, manuals for first. I havent tried building a wheel yet but the process seems less intimidating after reading this book. For our recommended spoke tensions, please see the chart below. I finish building my first rear wheel today it only took me three days i dont have much time to work on it but it sure did make me feel good to be able to build my own wheel its a sunringle mtx39 rim with the shimano fhm756 xt and dt swiss spokes black. The professional guide to wheel building by roger musson. Mountain bike performance handbook by leonard zinn.
Our wheel building philosophy is based around maximizing lateral stiffness. Wheels that use rim brakes for road bike applications. A tutorial on how to choose parts for, build and true a spoked bicycle wheel. This step often feels a bit backwards, but if you do it wrong, the wrong spokes will end up as the pulling spokes, and a pair of spokes will cross. Nov 07, 2012 firstly let me say its the best book i have ever read on wheel building and would highly recommend it to anybody. These nipples are tightened or loosened, which is how the wheel is trued. And if this book inspires some of its readers to learn the wheel building trade or even simply to put in a little more practice, then the work i. If youre buying from outside the uk the payment process will convert it to your local currency. Wheelbuilding wheel building wheel build help page 54. This is by design in an effort to simplify the process for the first time bu. Drop spokes into alternate holes on the new upper flange, but make sure theyre the right alternate holes the flanges are offset so the holes on the. After working on this version for some time i realised the book would be improved if the articles complemented each other and flowed together as a progressive volume. Believe it or not, gerd schraners the art of wheelbuilding has been scanned into a pdf file here. Well, that was backwards, to give you an idea of the method.
Additional information is included about replacing rims and reusing old spokes. Gerd schraner art of wheel building roger musson the professional guide to wheelbuilding jobst brandt the bicycle wheel david c r hunt of dcr wheels, do pretty good prices on spokes and nipples too bicycle wheelbuilding. Lepley printed in the united states of america on recycled paper, containing a high percentage of deinked fiber. I will likely be using dt swiss competition spokes with a 3x lacing pattern, but am a little skeptical on the spoke length. User manual of wheel building, tire mounting, stikcer. Turn the wheel back around so that the freewheel side is toward you. This book provides a different insight into wheel building from the classic by brandt. Reset your logon details privacy policy wheelpro 2020 wheelpro 2020. As the spokes cross over each other, it could just as easily be called weaving.
Anyone can build an excellent wheel to take away in around three hours. One of the results of my crash was a pringled wheel and the only real way to fix it was to replace the rim. The book also debunks a lot of myths about some wheel constructions. During and after building, have the wheel stress relieved properly. Importantly, you can also learn the skills to complete more wheels in your own time. Great book with good explanations of the forces that make the bicycle wheel such a marvel of engineering.
Long story short, it may be easier and cheaper to buy a used quad, as a previous poster mentioned. Nevertheless, there are still times when custombuilt or rebuilt wheels are needed, especially in the case of higherend bikes that have expensive hubs that are too good to throw away. There are a number of reasons why i build wheels rather than buy them in ready built from mavic, campagnolo, fulcrum etc. If youre building a 3cross wheel, its the 3rd headout spoke to the right of the headin spoke that you chose. Retail stores in portland, oregon and lancaster, pennsylvania. The quick start guide describes the essentials for building and provides an index into the book with links to the sections that require reading. With the same load, the net change in force is the same for both wheels. Wheel building should not be your first attempt at bicycle repair. Mech1400 professional wheel building winterborne bicycle. Most literature on wheel building focuses purely on building the wheels. Roger mussons professional guide to wheel building.
The first thing you need to know is whether youre building a 24, 28, 32, or 36 hole wheel, the process is the same. Social media and advertising cookies of third parties are used to offer you social media functionalities and personalized ads. When i tried to build my first wheels, i found no books on wheels, and. Just one question for those of you have read it it mentions early on about type 1 rims and type 2 saying that type one rims have the first spoke hole to the left of the. There are many ways to build a wheel, but we believe that our patented 11 step process is the best. Here at the winterborne bicycle institute we take the mystique out of building bicycle wheels and teach our students a stepbystep methodology that results in a wheel that meets the tolerances of the bicycle industry. The only way to learn wheel building was to work in a shop with someone who could show you wheelbuilding. Theres a certain mystique surrounding the art of building a bicycle wheel.
Insert a spoke into any hole, but this time from the inside of the flange. Than drill a hole in the tube and the pedal together and put a treenail in it to connect the pedals with the tube. Twist the hub clockwise as far as it will conveniently go. If you want to learn how to build a wheel then get the book and if you have any questions then just ask. To get more information or amend your preferences, press the more information button or visit cookie settings at the bottom. The wheelwright must ensure that the wheel is true in two ways. Since we are building a cross 3 wheel, this new spoke will cross 3 trailing spokes that go to the same flange of the hub. Economics dictate that most of the time, the bike shop solution to a broken rim is a brand new factory assembled wheel. Wheel building with arup sen, the complete diy guide to.
The nipples are the little elongated nuts at the rim end of each spoke. Wheelbuilding book for cycle wheels 7th edition wheelpro. Through my volunteering at a community bike shop, im much more. Bicycle wheel building tips including calculating spoke length and lacing. Id like to invite anyone with links to tuitorials, books, or tips to add them to my list. We at bikehubstore highly recommend roger mussons clearly written and definitive guide to wheel building. The original version of this book was called bicycle wheelbuilding. I have build 7 or 8 wheel sets now, including 3 sets of carbon wheels. In discussions about wheelbuilding, i had frequently heard about mussons book. I didnt find building this wheel particularly difficult, but i appreciate that experience brings an appreciation of subtlties that i probably overlooked as a beginner, which is why there will always be room for specialist professions. Jobst brandt, author of the excellent book the bicycle wheel, points out a. My pocket bible was building bicycle wheels by robert wright, which though an interesting read and capable of getting a. Fine truing tightening and gross truing is a wheel building activity.
Custom wheel building program you pick it we build it. A guide for new and veteran bicyclists alike bike commuting 101 pdf. And if this book inspires some of its readers to learn the wheel building trade or even simply to put in a little more practice, then the work i have put into its pages has been rewarded. So heres the quick and dirty on building or rebuilding an mtb wheel. The process of fitting spokes when building a bicycle wheel is known as lacing, presumably because theyre passed through holes and then tightened, like shoelaces. Recall that on the drive side, the matching spoke was to the left of the pulling spoke. The artisan who takes pleasure in building beautiful, precise wheels will probably never become rich, but his life will he enriched. Wheelbuilding sheldon brownbicycle technical information. This article explains the procedure to build bicycle wheels from scratch.
Jigging in this manual is rudimentary, and only inexpensive mappair torches are described. If you had used your existing bike wheel, then you have rebuilt it and it should be truer and stronger now. Compact 46 pages monograph on the art of bicycle wheel building. Complete the following checkout and download your book.
Instructions for building radial spoked wheels are not included in this book. Design, development and production for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries 06 m40578 wheel building accessories maintenance references front. Just moments from now you can be learning to build your own wheels. We apply the following spoke tension range while building wheels. Experienced wheel builders will see certain steps omitted. If youre only replacing spokes, you can ensure the reproduction of the existing configuration by simply replacing each one you remove before removing the.
The little information i could find was vague and often contradictory. Question about roger mussons wheelbuilding book cyclechat. When the wheel deviates radially less than 116 inch and side to side less than 14 inch, youre ready for fine truing. Wheel building is sometimes seen as a mysterious dark art, cloaked in. I used it to teach myself to build, rebuild and repair a few sets in our ancient family fleet of town, road and mountain bikes. Professional guide to wheel building by roger musson noted as only. The excellent wheels motorcycle wheel building course. Drop spokes into alternate holes on the new upper flange, but make sure theyre the right alternate holes the flanges are offset so the holes on the left arent directly opposite the ones on the right. The wide availability of inexpensive, wellbuilt replacement wheels has reduced the need for wheelbuilding in retail bike shops. It covers designing the wheel, determining the spoke length, assembling the spokes to the hub and rim lacing the wheel, and getting the wheel ready for truing.
In many climates, the nipples have a tendency to corrode solid even before the wheel needs to be trued the first time. Reviewed in the united states on february 10, 2016. The larger the diameter of the wheel, the more important and difficult it becomes to maximize lateral stiffness. This involves tightening of different spokes as you spin the wheel to create a balanced wheel as possible. Illustrated in penandink line drawings, the contents are. Lacing a bicycle wheel, done in one take with no editing to show you that its not a complicated or time consuming exercise. Instead, we take our bikes to the shop when the wheels wear.
With the spring in place under the head of the nut, loosely screw the nut on to the skewer. To give the appearance of great strength, some mountain bike spokes have been. This is a fantastic book on how to build and repair bicycle wheels. I bought a copy of jobst brandts the bicycle wheel when it was first published in 81 and got roger mussons professional guide to wheel building e book a couple of years ago. The second form of wheel maintenance is nipple lubrication. Knowing where and how much to tighten is a bit of an art.
58 791 111 563 389 1160 342 893 325 1050 616 592 630 1365 837 1124 1082 924 434 1472 1356 1298 622 298 916 312 434 45 840 237 140 1416 1325 1000 390 114 1238 566 1430 307 903 40 1043 586 661 1426