On November 5, mechanic Nate Pinney, assisted by Samantha Rivera, led our final workshop for 2016 on wheel building. The size-limited class had five participants who built a 27″ front wheel, 700c front wheel, and 26″ rear wheel. The hands-on workshop was designed for avid cyclists interested in customized stronger and lighter wheels built from scratch.
Participants learned the pros and cons of different materials for the rim, types of spokes and how to properly lace them, measuring effective rim diameter, gauging proper stress of a laced wheel, and wheel truing.
If you’d like to see more workshops like this in 2017, let us know on our facebook page, or through email.