How long to true a wheel?

"elyob" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Evans in Wandsworth say a month is a reasonable time to
book a standard

MTB

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wheel in. (27th July)

Anyone beat this?

Two days total respoke and truing.

Woodrups, Leeds

half an hour.

Me.

Get Jobst Brandt's book.

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Evans in Wandsworth say a month is a reasonable time to
book a standard

MTB

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wheel in. (27th July)

Anyone beat this?

Two days total respoke and truing.

Woodrups, Leeds

Nah, that's nowhere near a month!

Rich

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half an hour.

Me.

Get Jobst Brandt's book.

You must be a quick reader 😉

I've rebuilt the wheel, but don't trust my first wheel build
and want it double checked. I read that the note of the
spokes should be F#, but am getting the theme tune from the
Dukes of Hazard instead. 🙁

elyob said:

I've rebuilt the wheel, but don't trust my first wheel
build and want it double checked. I read that the note of
the spokes should be F#, but am getting the theme tune
from the Dukes of Hazard instead. 🙁

Seems like a good wheel-truing song to me...

Straightenin' the curves... Flattenin' the hills...

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Evans in Wandsworth say a month is a reasonable time to
book a standard

MTB

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wheel in. (27th July)

Anyone beat this?

erm.... they're yanking your chain. Surely there must be
another bike shop around?

elyob:

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Evans in Wandsworth say a month is a reasonable time to
book a standard

MTB

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wheel in. (27th July)

Sods. And I bet they'll charge you an arm and a leg for the
privelege too.

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Anyone beat this?

For delay? I doubt it. That's an extraordinarily long time.

I took my wheels in to my LBS last Thursday lunchtime,
expecting not to have them back before Saturday afternoon,
seeing as they're a busy and very small shop. My wheels wer
back on my bike by Thursday evening.

d.

Jeremy Collins said:

elyob said:

I've rebuilt the wheel, but don't trust my first wheel
build and want it double checked. I read that the note
of the spokes should be F#, but am getting the theme
tune from the Dukes of Hazard instead. 🙁

Seems like a good wheel-truing song to me...

Straightenin' the curves... Flattenin' the hills...

If I knew teh words to the dukes of hazard theme tune,
I'd worry.

But on topic, just ride the wheel. Ride it not too far from
home, but give it a good work-out (dunno, ride down some
stairs as speed, bunny-hop some park benches or something).
If it stays true, it was a good build and you can trust it
further afield. If not, at least it's not far to walk.

The first wheel I built was much better than teh wheels that
came on any of my mass-produced bikes.

regards, Ian SMith
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Straightenin' the curves... Flattenin' the hills...

If I knew teh words to the dukes of hazard theme tune,
I'd worry.

Fightin' the system Just like two modern day Robin Hoods.

You're not alone Jeremy. Maybe Ian is the one who should be
worried :-)

One of our LBS's is so busy at the moment they are taking no new work on

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Straightenin' the curves... Flattenin' the hills...

If I knew teh words to the dukes of hazard theme tune,
I'd worry.

Fightin' the system Just like two modern day Robin Hoods.

You're not alone Jeremy. Maybe Ian is the one who should
be worried
:-)

Just two good old boys Never meaning no harm. Beats all you
ever you saw Been in trouble with the law Since the day they
were born.

Indeed. ;-)

gemarc said:

One of our LBS's is so busy at the moment they are taking
no new work on

Either that or they're glued to the Tour all day ;-)

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