[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by weisan

First "rear" build completed.
Pacenti SL23 (new version) 32h
Shimano 5800 hub
Sapim Straight 14g
Brass nipple

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Reflections:

- Make small...incremental changes, check again.
- Strive for equal tension same side
- Keep stress-relieving spokes throughout
- Break it down "section by section" and tackle one at a time
- Take your time, don't rush, come back to it, be patient
- Better to do it right...slowly, then to mess things up in a rush and spend more time fixing later
- Choose quality rim to build
- Get good coach/mentor (OldPotatoe, ergott, Peter P)

I followed Roger Musson's book and it was really easy. (www.wheelpro.co.uk)

Found this quote from his book to be very true:

"The rim is flat and round to start with and by tightening all the spokes equally it will remain flat and round with the hub central in the wheel and with all the spokes at a similar tension, and if we get our spoke lengths correct then the dish will be very close too. Then all that is required is a bit of fine tuning to finish the wheel."

Lastly....it's really not that hard, if you are thinking about it, you should definitely go for it!

Good for you. Those of us that build a lot of wheels started this way too. One at a time, our own first.

Way correct..on a high end rim, that's flat and round, all you are really doing is 'centering the hub'.

Now, after a while, to test your mettle with wheelbuilding..use an old hub, used, light, tubular rim(like Fiamme Yellow-DOH), thin spokes and not enough of them..