Hand finished wheels

Martin Dann said:

Is a "hand finished wheel" as good as a hand built wheel, or
somewhere nearly as good.

Can be just as good. Machine built wheels don't tend to have enough
tension and aren't stress relieved properly. A skilled builder can finish
the job.

~PB

Martin Dann said:

Is a "hand finished wheel" as good as a hand built wheel, or
somewhere nearly as good.

Can be just as good. Machine built wheels don't tend to have enough
tension and aren't stress relieved properly. A skilled builder can finish
the job.

~PB

Martin Dann said:

Is a "hand finished wheel" as good as a hand built wheel, or
somewhere nearly as good.

Martin.

If the finisher is good. There are a lot of machine built wheels with
great components but insufficient tension, so these are ideal
candidates. The lacing part is a process that a machine can do
perfectly well, unless you want a weird spoke pattern or a specific
direction of spoking on the rear wheel (for a freewheel, leading spokes
outside are better, for a fixie, trailing spokes outside are better
because they reduce the risk of a jammed chain).

Martin Dann said:

Is a "hand finished wheel" as good as a hand built wheel, or
somewhere nearly as good.

Martin.

If the finisher is good. There are a lot of machine built wheels with
great components but insufficient tension, so these are ideal
candidates. The lacing part is a process that a machine can do
perfectly well, unless you want a weird spoke pattern or a specific
direction of spoking on the rear wheel (for a freewheel, leading spokes
outside are better, for a fixie, trailing spokes outside are better
because they reduce the risk of a jammed chain).

Martin Dann said:

Is a "hand finished wheel" as good as a hand built wheel, or
somewhere nearly as good.

Martin.

If the finisher is good. There are a lot of machine built wheels with
great components but insufficient tension, so these are ideal
candidates. The lacing part is a process that a machine can do
perfectly well, unless you want a weird spoke pattern or a specific
direction of spoking on the rear wheel (for a freewheel, leading spokes
outside are better, for a fixie, trailing spokes outside are better
because they reduce the risk of a jammed chain).

Zog The Undeniable said:

The lacing part is a process that a machine can do perfectly well,
unless you want a weird spoke pattern or a specific direction of
spoking on the rear wheel (for a freewheel, leading spokes outside
are better, for a fixie, trailing spokes outside are better
because they reduce the risk of a jammed chain).

A machine can actually do the whole job as well as a human. The reason
it usually isn't done is that it would take longer, and the reason for
using the machine in the first place is to get the job done to an
acceptable standard as fast as possible.

There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care over.
He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if there is
one, when you look through the valve hole, and that the rim labels are
aligned the same way. Also, with conventional lacing, there should be
two leading spokes one side of the valve hole and two trailing ones the
other so there is the widest possible space to get a pump to the valve.
Hand finishing will not address any of these fine details.

--
Dave...

dkahn400 said:

There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care over.
He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if there is
one, when you look through the valve hole,

Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

--
Nobby

Nobody Here said:

dkahn400 said:

There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care
over. He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if
there is one, when you look through the valve hole,

Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

Aesthetic... although I bet someone will come up with an obscure
technical basis :-)

~PB

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Nobody Here said:

dkahn400 said:

There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care
over. He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if
there is one, when you look through the valve hole,

Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

Aesthetic... although I bet someone will come up with an obscure
technical basis :-)

~PB

Me, me, me! Can I??
Label normally covers join in the rim which has slightly more weight, so
building opposite valve
will balance it...
Honest guv.

G.

Pete Biggs said:

Nobody Here said:

dkahn400 said:

There are a couple of other things a human builder will take
care over. He will usually ensure that you can read the hub
label, if there is one, when you look through the valve hole,

Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

Aesthetic... although I bet someone will come up with an obscure
technical basis :-)

No, it's purely personal pride on the part of the wheel builder. It
can't possibly affect the performance of the wheel, but it does
indicate that care has been taken over the build.

--
Dave...

Graham Dean said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

>
> There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care
> over. He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if
> there is one, when you look through the valve hole,

Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

Aesthetic... although I bet someone will come up with an obscure
technical basis :-)

Me, me, me! Can I??
Label normally covers join in the rim which has slightly more weight,
so building opposite valve
will balance it...
Honest guv.

Wot's that got to do with the *hub*! :-)

~PB

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Graham Dean said:

Quoted message said:

>>
>> There are a couple of other things a human builder will take care
>> over. He will usually ensure that you can read the hub label, if
>> there is one, when you look through the valve hole,
>
> Why? Technical or aesthetic reasons?

Aesthetic... although I bet someone will come up with an obscure
technical basis :-)

Me, me, me! Can I??
Label normally covers join in the rim which has slightly more weight,
so building opposite valve
will balance it...
Honest guv.

Wot's that got to do with the *hub*! :-)

~PB

Oops, absolutely nothing!
I'm expected to read as well?
I'll get my spds...

G.