![]() Since I was building up wheels using brand new parts, I decided to take these 80%-finished wheels into a shop to have them perform the final steps with their pro-quality tools and years of wheelbuilding expertise. When I got to the final tensioning step and checking for dish, however, I realized the limitations of using the upside-down bike as a truing stand. I did not have a truing stand at the time, but was able to get them fairly round and straight, within a few mm. I went with 1x (f 20 h), 2x (r 24 h) on both sets of wheels, and had them laced up over a couple leisurely evenings. Once I had all the parts laid out, I was so excited. Long story short, I ended up building up two sets of wheels because I found a ridiculously good deal on rims and figured this way I could outfit both my Tricross and my Forte with new hoops. So I scoured the internet for deals on rims, hubs, and spokes/nipples, and over the course of a couple of weeks, managed to find all those parts at good prices. After all, I’ve done a fair bit of wheel truing and re-lacing over the years, maybe the time has come for me to make that jump. After looking at various wheel builder’s websites (hoopswheels, psimet) as well as Craigslist/eBay, I realized that I could save a lot of money if I build them myself. A few months ago, I decided to jump on the wide-rim bandwagon and get some new wheels for my road bike (GT Forte Ti). ![]()
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