Posts Tagged ‘Spoke’

Measuring spoke length when building a bicycle wheel is done by taking measurements of the dimensions of the wheel. Learn how to measure spoke length when building a bicycle wheel in this free video on bicycle wheel building. Expert: Pancho Herrera Bio: Pancho Herrera is passionate about cycling. Pancho races for the SLO Nexus Club on road and mountain bikes. Pancho also has 25 years cycling experience as a competitor and pro shop mechanic. Filmmaker: Patrick Eaves

Truing a wheel without a truing stand. We wanted everybody to be able to build a wheel without buying an expensive truing stand, so just use the front fork. This video shows the process of truing the wheel, a little long and maybe lacking excitement, but realistic. Enjoy! www.thebiketube.com, in progress, updates next week

Lacing the last 18 spokes to complete the lacing of this 36 spoke wheel! Thanks for watching and see you on the road. www.thebiketube.com (less)

Part two of truing the bicycle wheel you built. Putting the finishing touches on the wheel we were building in parts 1 and 2. Truing a wheel is a long, slow process. Make sure to take your time and you will end up with a great wheel in the end.

Lacing the first 18 spokes of the 36 spoke wheel. Thanks for watching, hit us up with comments and questions. Maybe we'll do a different spoke count wheel in the future, well if I don't get a job soon. Peace! www.thebiketube.com

www.thebiketube.com This is part 1 of a three part series that will cover lacing and truing a wheel. There is nothing like crafting something with your bare hands, especially if that something is a bike wheel. There is something inherently rewarding and zen like about wheel building so we here at thebiketube.com decided to bring the world a wheel building instructional video, enjoy! The wheel being built consists of a 36 hole hub and 36 hole rim, more info at http Part 2 will be posted shortly....