Day 32...Lil Bit O Physics

Tonight just concluded with a lil bit o physics.  Building wheels is something I truly enjoy.  They are so simple yet if a few things dont go the right way, complications can occur.  By the "simple" part I meant, if you break it down, its simply taking a nut and bolt and screwing them together.  Now, youre using lots of long, skinny nuts and bolts together, but if kept in harmony, they will balance each other out...and they must, or else your precious little creation wont be worth much after the first few rides.

Im rebuilding a Williams wheel and hub for a client who's selling it off, along with alot of his old Tri stuff.  I really enjoy building wheels, kinda like I actually(yes I must finally admit) enjoy gluing wheels.  Theres alot going on, but if you stop thinking from a linear point of view(which is what most of us do), and begin to take a "Cyclical"(pun intended) approach towards it, its actually aims to be on the side of easy.  One thing you do on one part of the wheel in the building process, directly affects what is going on on the opposite side.  Much like life, or at least my point of view.  We cant do an action without an equal and opposite reaction somewhere else in the universe.  So, the point of that ramble...I like to build wheels.

Now switching to the side of product pushing.  Sapim makes the nicest spokes out there, IMO.  There nipples are beautiful...nicely shaped heads and the threads are great.  The spokes themselves have wonderful tensioning properties.  They are very predictable to use.  Ok...done with the product plug.

The wife had a Dr's visit today to get the monthly check up on the lil bun in the oven.  In 2 weeks we head back to get the official(as much as ultrasound can be trusted) finding on if its a lil penis, or a lil un-penis growing wonderfully in there.  Bets have been made, im saying its the former, and the wife wants the latter.

Tomorrow I get to go over a friend's bike which he picked up today.  It will be a lesson in patience, as he paid for a professional build and several members of his team have experienced "issues" with their builds.  Im hoping its not as bad as initial inspection leads me to believe...

More to come on that.

the Only spoke to use...IMO

the "patient" 

prepped and rolled, ready to go

ready for the final truing tomorrow. its nice when things line up together...its the lil things

if you paid an extra $120 for a "Professional" build...lil things matter.  So whats wrong with this pic?

...boots out.