Showing posts with label spokes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spokes. Show all posts

February 17, 2012

Day 48...Its Electric

Yep, you guessed it, Im going to put those pics up from earlier today of the Colnago CLX w/Ultegra Di2.  The customer came in for his fit and rolled out one happy man.  Saw a little more spring in his step on the way out than when he came in.  So very happy for him.




 Before that however, we had a visit from Karen of PedalDancer.com.  She was super fun to chat with and is completely supporting her love of cycling, and the blogging about it, through her "real jobs".  Again, awesome to see the dedication she has for cycling.  Check out her blog/website and look for a post on the shop soon...hopefully!  Thanks Karen!

I also got to build up a sweet wheelset for a customer...yes I realize im simply telling you about my day and nothing of any profound meaning.  Mavic Reflex Tubular rims, Chris King CX hubs, Sapim Laser spokes in a 2 cross front and 3 cross rear pattern.  They came together very nicely.  If I can, Ill take a couple pics of them tomorrow and get them up here.

So, as long as Im on a "theme" kick for the week...that being the "lame" b-log posts...Ill leave you with those 3 lil tidbits of info.  Hopefully something a bit more "meaty" comes to the b-log in the very near future.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!

...boots out.

December 18, 2010

Wheel That Got Built...

After the onslaught today of the eager beavers going through the tools that were for sale at the shop, I got the chance to sit down and unwind.  One of my good customers got a new wheel today, via his current Powertap hub, and new rim and spokes.  I took a basic progression of shots, as its kind of hard to hold the camera and get "action" shots while building a wheel. Enjoy...

Prepping the spokes with Linseed Oil...its perfect for wheels

1st set of spokes, dropped in non-drive side

2nd set in a progressive pattern dropped in the drive side


3rd set, 2 cross pattern begins



4th set is in, and now its ready to be tensioned/dished
Its the little touches...making sure its lined up

The completed project.