Last night I finished building another set of wheels. This time I laced up a set of Salsa rims, using DT Competion spokes to a set of King SS hubs. This was actually my first build for a customer as well as my first set of 29r wheels.

He’s got a custom 29r IF SS on order and these are the wheels that are set to go on the new ride. I definitely have gotten alot faster with my builds since the first set I did for myself a couple weeks ago. I’ve also found a new tool to geek out with while building wheels which I used during this build. I found a spreadsheet that you can use with the Park Tension meter. You input a few data points as well as spoke tension readings and it not only gives you the average tension for each side it also gives you a graphical representation of tension. Very cool program and a way to blend my tech hobby with my cycling one. Eventually I’m going to buy the digital DT Tensiometer which using a data cable can automatically transmit the readings to a computer but for now I’ll stay with the Park tool. The DT tool will probably run me a few hundred bucks to get set up the way I want. First up though I have got to buy the Park truing stand and dish tool for the house. It’ll be nice to be able to chill at home and work on wheels. Having built a couple sets of wheels by hand now I think I’ve found my favorite thing to work on bike wise. Of all the stuff I have learned in the past couple months Wheelbuilding is by far my favorite way to spend my shop time. I think I finally understand why my buddy Pete never complained when I asked him to build me wheels

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