I bashed up a rim, so i took the wheel off my bike, went in a bike shop and bought a new rim and a spoke wrench. We like to call wheel building advanced basket weaving. Handbuilt wheels have been part of our workshop services since monty young opened condor cycles in 1948. Hst includes a copy of the wbi wheel building course book, all the materialsfor students to build up their own set of wheels. Dec 05, 2012 motorcycle wheel building motorcycle wheels built motorcycle parts anodized motorcycle parts powdercoated. Handbuilt wheels our skilled and practised mechanics have years of experience building wheels for road racing, touring and day to day riding. Nov 27, 2015 building a new wheel for my suzuki ac50 motorcycle with nos spokes and rim and cleaned hub. Have your own custom wheels wheelbuilding builtwheels.
Apr 29, 2016 dont think you cant learn to lace wire wheels. Illustrated with over 90 photographs and cad drawings. The bicycle wheel by jobst brandt is by several lengths the best book on the subject ever written, and not likely to be superseded in this life, given that the reader pays attention and doesnt mind stretching his mind a little, because jobst takes no prisoners. In most cases, if we are going to do a service that is more than just a basic oil change and filter cleaning it will be a top end rebuild or fork oil change. For this ive used my original 72 honda cb500 front hub and rim which are powder coated. A bicycle wheel turns several hundred times per mile. Each wheel has a slight offset depending on your application. Question about roger mussons wheelbuilding book cyclechat. The book is the bible of custom motorcycle design, starting with an explanation of all the different bike styles, and then moving into a concise, easytoread guide that takes from finding a donor bike to figuring out how to alter the. 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.
If you are restoring an old motorcycle i am happy to advise you on the restoration of your wheels or to do the work for you. 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. Oct 05, 2017 for this kind of wheel, nominal accuracy is fine, nominal being 116 of an inch each for runout deviation. No job is too small and i will true your motorcycle wheel for you, while you wait, for just.
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. A spoked wheel relies on having all of the spokes in constant tension. I needed a book that makes the building of a bicycle wheel easy. How to build a motorcycle wheel with edm shop girl sara for many riders, wheel building is likely the last thing they think of when a bike related project comes to mind. So whether you require a supermoto conversion for your modern trail bike or a rebuild for your classic we can provide a service that we consider to be second to none. Motorcycle wheelbuilding, worcester, worcestershire. Additional information is included about replacing rims and reusing old spokes. That convoluted threedimensional puzzle with an alloy hub at the center of a spider web of steel, wrapped in a rubber donut, is not as intimidating as some think. Building wheels from scratch is the best way to learn the craft of wheel truing, to get the feel for how a wheel responds to spoke adjustments. We at bikehubstore highly recommend roger mussons clearly written and definitive guide to wheel building. Layering tension until the wheel is balanced and true. 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.
Roger mussons professional guide to wheel building. Great book with good explanations of the forces that make the bicycle wheel such a marvel of engineering. If youre technically oriented and want to understand the why behind building wheels rather than just the how, the bicycle wheel is the book for you. Instructions for building radial spoked wheels are not included in this book. A highlydished rear wheel starts with very light tension on the left side spokes. Slowly spin the wheel a few times looking at the vertical highspot and horizontal highspot and mark the high vertical spot with tape.
Get the latest edition 7 of the wheelbuilding book, and get a full new book free of charge whenever a new edition is released. 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. 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. In wheelbuilding, there is no substitute for experience and thats what you get at bournemouth cycleworks. The author assumes that you have never done it before and takes you through the process step by step. Situated at the foot of the pennines, 10 minutes from the m62 motorway, saddleworth classic motorcycles have specialised in british motorcycles for the past 21 years. 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. If you are using a vice tape a piece of coat hanger wire to the edge of the bench to serve as a pointer. Wheel building we now offer a full wheel respoking service for your motorcycle. I havent tried building a wheel yet but the process seems less intimidating after reading this book.
The inside secrets to running a successful wheel building business. We realise the importance a well built wheel has on road handling performance as well as looks. Our wheel builder has been building wheels for over 30 years. Little attention is given to the finer details of the component parts. 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. Wheel building in bournemouth, christchurch and poole, dorset.
I bought the art of wheelbuilding on a whim to complete my wheel building library. We can disassemble your existing wheels and build new ones with new spokes and rims using the existing hubs or restore your old parts. Wheel rebuilding service labour charge classic spoked wheel. How they are laced, how are they being built and most importantly, was there any wheel building preparation before the actual build such as measurements of the components to ensure the correct length of spokes that are required, whether the threads of the spokes are being prepared et. We can build any kind of wheel, to any pattern with your choice of components, to the highest professional standards. Building or rebuilding a motorcycle requires a lot of different skills. Rebuilding spoke wheels is one of the rights of passage in the custovation of an old bike. The artisan who takes pleasure in building beautiful, precise wheels will probably never become rich, but his life will he enriched. We pride ourselves on the reputation and quality of our handbuilt wheels. I offer a wheel building service for most types of wire spoked wheel. Dont let your first wheelbuilding experience be like mine. There are very few things we use every day that can handle so much stress yet weigh so little. The build is as much a 192page motorcycle art book as it is a blueprint to building the perfect custom bike. The professional guide to wheel building by roger musson.
The components of a wire wheel are the rim, spokes, nipples, and hub. Its a skill all bike tourists should probably should learn, but few of us do. One to one tuition with an experienced wheel builder. Whether it be just one broken spoke or an entire wheel, just give us a call for details. If you want to learn how to build a wheel then get the book and if you have any questions then just ask. The greatest care is taken whether it is a complete wheel rebuild or just trueing your wheel. Hagon wheel services hagon products ltd, one of the leading wheel specialists in the uk. The key to truing the wheel is to understand how the spokes move the rim. Rebuilding of classic and vintage motorcycle wheels. We specialise in building wheels mainly for classic british bikes. Of course you can outsource all things, but in that case youll never learn anything in this post ill explain the basics of how to lace a motorcycle wheel. My main business is in older wheels from classic bicycles and motorcycles. Note that the wheel stand has a pointer guide attached to it which can be positioned near the rim to check for runout as the wheel is spun.
We have been building wheels for classic and modern machines since 1958. Instead, we take our bikes to the shop when the wheels wear out and watch the mechanics spin rims and twist spokes. 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. Wheel building is one of the most challenging tasks a bicycle mechanic does. Specialising in wheels for older motorcycles i offer a complete motorcycle wheel building and repair service. Building a new wheel for my suzuki ac50 motorcycle with nos spokes and rim and cleaned hub. Keep in mind the truing process is a combination of adjustments that are opposite to the desired outcome. Mech1400 professional wheel building winterborne bicycle. Wheelbuilding is the process of assembling wire wheels generally a bicycle wheel, but including wheelchairs, and some cars.
Most literature on wheelbuilding focuses only on building the wheels. Please see the wheelbuilding book, it contains everything i know about building and repairing wheels. The only motorcycle wheel building course in the uk. If your wheel is a bit beyond just a retrue then rebuilding may be necessary. Successful students will receive a wbi professional wheel building certificate. He explains the technical aspects like spokes, lacing patterns, hubs, and much more. It is much easier to learn this with new, undamaged parts than to start right in trying to repair damaged wheels. Devon rim company ltd was established in 1990 as a manufacturer of motory cycle wheel rims and spokes for both classic and custom motorcycles and quickly became renowned for its quality and attention to detail. Feb 10, 2007 i dont regret buying the art of wheelbuilding, but i wouldnt recommend it as a first wheel building reference.
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