If youre building a wheel with a different cross pattern, similarly add or subtract the appropriate number. If youre interested in an exhaustive source on bicycle wheelbuilding, read my late friend jobst brandts the bicycle wheel 3rd edition, a great book on the subject sold at shops. I started with jost brandts wheel building book, which is dated now. Illustrated with over 90 photographs and cad drawings. Great book with good explanations of the forces that make the bicycle wheel such a marvel of engineering. We apply the following spoke tension range while building wheels. With the same load, the net change in force is the same for both wheels. Build your first bike wheel its easier than you think. The bbb4 features clear, stepbystep instructions, high quality color photos and useful charts and graphs to thoroughly explain and demonstrate hundreds of. Instead, we take our bikes to the shop when the wheels wear out and watch the mechanics spin rims and twist spokes. For a more thorough analysis of some of the theoretical aspects of spoked wheels, the standard reference book is the bicycle wheel, by jobst brandt 1981 avocet, palo alto, california isbn 0960723668. To supply the answers, we went to some of the most famous frame builders in the world. The idea of building wheels popped in my head 2 years back and i started to acquire tools and all sort of information on how to build wheels.
Illustrated in penandink line drawings, the contents are. You could also use the entire bicycle when truing either wheel best if you start by lowering the bicycle onto the wheel so the bicycle s weight rests on the wheel and centers it or at least make sure that you pull the wheel up all the way into the forkends. We aim to complete booked wheel builds within 48 hours ready for collection from our london store or ready for shipping. The typical bicycle wheel is composed of a rim suspended with tensioned spokes around a center hub. What better way to learn about the littleknown art of frame building than to personally visit the masters. Bicycle bike repair building wheels wheelbuilding truing.
A listing of books and other publications about cycling, or in which cycling is prominent. The nipples are the little elongated nuts at the rim end of each spoke. Musson selfpublishes the professional guide as a pdf file without digital rights management. Instructions for building radial spoked wheels are not included in this book. Before using this book and for the correct crossing of spokes for both hub flanges of each individual wheel, please refer to the latest spoke length chart. Bbb4 big blue book of bicycle repair 4th edition park tool. I bought a copy of jobst brandts the bicycle wheel when it was first published in 81 and got roger mussons professional guide to wheel building e book a couple of years ago. Fine truing tightening and gross truing is a wheel building activity. For our recommended spoke tensions, please see the chart below. Read its strength, weaknesses, find deals and pricing. If youre buying from outside the uk the payment process will convert it to your local currency. Content of lugged bicycle frame construction includes.
A bench reference for neophytes, pros and wheelaholics gerd schraner. If a spoke develops a sharp bend in it while building, please replace the spoke. Wheel building wheels are for riding, they mean freedom, whether it be on the road from racing to touring or for off road riding at the cycle clinic you will find wheels built just for you. This video demonstrates how to true a bicycle wheel using simple. The second half of the book deals with of course, the wheel building. Bicycles need wheels, roads and asphalt made of oil, not natural gas, not wind energy to roll on, for the most part. I havent tried building a wheel yet but the process seems less intimidating after reading this book. Whenever assembling a bike or truing used wheels, check. No machinebuilt wheel can compare to the durability or custom options we offer in handbuild wheels. In discussions about wheelbuilding, i had frequently heard about mussons book. Theres a certain mystique surrounding the art of building a bicycle wheel.
In many climates, the nipples have a tendency to corrode solid even before the wheel needs to be trued the first time. There are a number of reasons why i build wheels rather than buy them in ready built from mavic, campagnolo, fulcrum etc. This is a fantastic book on how to build and repair bicycle wheels. Its a skill all bike tourists should probably should learn, but few of us do. Wheelbuilding is the process of assembling wire wheels generally a bicycle wheel, but including wheelchairs, and some cars. This is by design in an effort to simplify the process for the first time bu.
The author roger musson is a detailed, wheel building, perfectionist. The book also debunks a lot of myths about some wheel constructions. Wheel building i am discovering is a very fluid thing and rhythmic but of course there is the technical element to it, which this book covers brilliantly. The wirespoked bicycle wheel was introduced more than a century ago to. A listing of books and other publications about cycling, or in which cycling is. There may be problems during the ride and when braking if the wheel wobbles side to side, or is outoftrue. For a rear wheel, you could modify a front fork by bending the blades apart. The components of a wire wheel are the rim, spokes, nipples, and hub. Lugged bicycle frame and fork construction, manuals for first. Hayes performance systems is a global manufacturer of brakes, suspension systems, wheels and components.
The 4th edition of the big blue book of bicycle repair is updated with the latest information, procedures and techniques and covers everything from minor adjustments to complete overhauls. When i tried to build my first wheels, i found no books on wheels, and magazine articles offered little help. Shop hayes brakes, manitou suspension, reynolds wheels, sunringle components and wheelsmith spokes. Compact 46 pages monograph on the art of bicycle wheel building. If i didnt own the other two books, i would probably regard this as a good wheel building. Get the latest edition 7 of the wheelbuilding book, and get a full new book free of charge whenever a new edition is released. After working on this version for some time i realised the book would be improved if the articles complemented each other and flowed together as a progressive volume. Jobst brandt, author of the excellent book the bicycle wheel, points out a. The first half of the book explains all the forces that act on a wheel. Acknowledgments it is impossible to write a book such as this without the assistance and support from many quarters. There are very few things we use every day that can handle so much stress yet weigh so little. Our range of brands and superior products instill confidence in all kinds of riders. Professional guide to wheel building pdf download the professional guide to wheel building, by roger musson.
Selling high quality, lightweight bike hubs and rims. A tutorial on how to choose parts for, build and true a spoked bicycle wheel. Roger mussons book professional guide to wheel building is what i started with and his explanations for lacing and tensioning are probably easiest to follow for a newbie wheel builder me. These nipples are tightened or loosened, which is how the wheel is trued. Bicycle mechanics and repair decal mechanical engineering 98198 spring 11 aleksey shepelev jim gao nick koo henry yi. The original version of this book was called bicycle wheelbuilding. The professional guide to wheel building by roger musson. Review of professional guide to wheel building by roger musson, a practical guide to building bicycle wheels. As parents, we set out to design a system for kids, using highquality and highperformance. Tools and supplies to build a bicycle wheel with traditional spokes and nipples, you need a regular. The book describes how to build frames for 26 wheels, 27 wheels, 700c wheels, 650c wheels, and 650b wheels. The bicycle wheel is an educational book that explains the structural theory of a wire wheel, and teaches the practical methodology of building bicycle wheels.
Wheelbuilding book for cycle wheels 7th edition wheelpro. The process of fitting spokes when building a bicycle wheel is known as lacing, presumably because theyre passed through holes and then tightened, like shoelaces. I used it to teach myself to build, rebuild and repair a few sets in our ancient family fleet of town, road and mountain bikes. During and after building, have the wheel stress relieved properly. Bicycle mechanics and repair decal mechanical engineering 98.
Most literature on wheel building focuses purely on building the wheels. Rogers method is the best out there from all the various methods that can be found on the web and books and the book is a charm to read and understand. Let us help you choose the perfect hub, spokes, and rim for your needs and bring it up to perfect tension, and well guarantee our build with free truing and spoke replacement for the life of the wheel. Manual of bicycle repair chapter17, page 246 earl youngs wheel. And if this book inspires some of its readers to learn the wheel building trade or even simply to put in a little more practice, then the work i have put into its pages has been rewarded. Most literature on wheelbuilding focuses only on building the wheels. The original version of this book was as such called bicycle wheel building. Complete the following checkout and download your book. I bought a copy of jobst brandts the bicycle wheel when it was first published in 81 and got roger mussons professional guide to wheel building ebook a couple of years ago. Experienced wheel builders will see certain steps omitted. As the spokes cross over each other, it could just as easily be called weaving. Dedicated to my wife jackie for always understanding, to the dt swiss family for always helping and to wolfgang renner for always supporting. Since the bicycle boom in 1973, dozens of books about bicycling have appeared, but few of the books answered the questions many people were asking.
These are the primary factors that determine a bicycle wheels integrity and are the focus of this article. This is available at better bicycle shops everywhere. The second form of wheel maintenance is nipple lubrication. To put their ideas, methods, and opinions into proper perspective, we devote a chapter to each builder or company. One safe and ineffective technique is often seen in books. Wheelbuilding sheldon brownbicycle technical information. When the wheel deviates radially less than 116 inch and side to side less than 14 inch, youre ready for fine truing. The wheelwright must ensure that the wheel is true in two ways. The bicycle wheel is a treatise on wheelbuilding by jobst brandt. Professional guide to wheel building by roger musson noted as only. I bought the art of wheelbuilding on a whim to complete my wheel building library. If this is your first wheel build, you can do it with this book. Hayes performance systems manufactures the highest quality brakes, suspension systems, wheels and components for all mountain bikes, including enduro, downhill, cross country and dirt jumping bikes. The artisan who takes pleasure in building beautiful, precise wheels will probably never become rich, but his life will he enriched.
With all cross patterns, only the outermost crossing is interlaced so the spokes go behind one another. The algebraic sum of negative and positive forces compression and tension is the same. However, gerd schraners the art of wheel building and jobst brandts the bicycle wheel are also interesting reading and filled in a few gaps from. If you want to learn to build wheels, this book can teach you. The back of the book is full of easy to follow equations explaining the. Im going to use use colored text here, corresponding to the color of the spokes in the illustrations. The bicycle wheel by jobst brandt is by several lengths the best book on the subject ever written, and not likely to be superseded in this life, given that the reader pays attention and doesnt mind stretching his mind a little, because jobst takes no prisoners. Brake pad adjustment will also be difficult with an outoftrue wheel. The quick start guide describes the essentials for building and provides an index into the book with links to the sections that require reading. This instructable describes the basic concept of how to build a 36 spoke bike wheel.