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To: Tijeras_Slim
Mine are 3 cross tied and soldered. :)

You and Eddy Merckx.

Bet it takes a while to build a wheel.

Hope your roads are good. Around here, you'd need a chiropractor by the time you rode thirty miles.

121 posted on 08/05/2009 12:06:42 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Islam offers three choices: surrender, fight, or die.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Bet it takes a while to build a wheel.

I was in the business from the mid-70's until the early 90's, and wheel building was my specialty. Probably did 200 pairs a year at the peak, so I could lace, tension and true in 15 minutes. I cut and threaded my own spokes with one of the Phil Wood machines, buying blank DT's in the 312mm length. Tying and soldering did take time though.

122 posted on 08/05/2009 12:13:24 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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