Home wheel builds, worth it not not?

[Celtic Dragon]

It it actually worth it? Having spent the morning finding the rim, spokes and hub, and the wheel stand it seems an awfully expensive way of doing it, even going for a cheap stand.

The cost of the stand, is more or less the same cost as my LBS charge for wheel builds.

[Celtic Dragon]

Sorry gents, should have said that we're talking mtb wheels, so disc brakes. So upside down bike won't work very well

[Celtic Dragon]

Ok Gents, I've been plugging numbers in to prowheelbuilder and come up with some values. The rim is a Hope tech Enduro 26" and the hub is a SP PD8 (dynamo) both are 32 hole.

Spoke length comes out at 247.3mm for non drive side and 247.9mm for drive side. Does anyone have any recomendations for spokes and which length to go for? I have been looking at DT swiss PG's in 248mm with 12mm nipples as the closest to the length given.

[Celtic Dragon]

Just going by my current Hope wheels, but I am a rookie at this so they could be 3 cross.

[Celtic Dragon]

Just rechecked and there are 2 crosses, in the space between the hub and the rim. Then another "cross" in the hub itself, where the spoke followed goes to the inside of the flange (the spoke is fed through from the outside), and the crossing spoke goes from the flange hole in front on the outside of the hub.

If that makes sense.

[Celtic Dragon]

A picture says a thousand words, if you follow the spoke from the top right down, you'll get to 2 crosses. Hopefully you'll be able to see the hub one I'm talking about

Edited by Celtic Dragon on Friday 28th October 22:08

[Celtic Dragon]

Ok, tablet interface malfunctions

[Celtic Dragon]

Hub's been ordered.

[Celtic Dragon]

Thought I'd give a quick update. After a frustrating then enjoyable 2 hours last night I have a round spinny thing! Its not under tension yet and needs a true up, but I got it to within 1/4 inch of movement just by eye

I'll be taking it apart tonight and redoing it, as I released as I walked past it last night that I have laced it in 2 cross, not the 3 cross that I had planned, so the smug satisfied grin dissapeared of my face.
I'm sure I specced 3 cross when using the website, so either I'm missing something, the website is wrong or I've fluffed up as I'm sure I started trying to lace it 3 cross but the spokes weren't long enough so the hub ended up off centre (counted holes on the hub and rim in relation to the valve hole to get the first few spokes set in)

[Celtic Dragon]

Guess which muppet ordered spokes for a 2x instead of a 3x build!

Oh well, it will be fine.