"No my boss has a personal friend who is also a good wheel builder who he prefers to give business to although when he is busy or ocasionally sick I take over but we still dont do it there, I take them home."
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Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked
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I am offering wheel building services. Bring any hub and wheel combos (as long as the number of spokes holes is the same) then tell me what type of spokes you want. I determine the spoke length and…Continue
Tags: Chicago, wheel, build, custom, rim
Started this discussion. Last reply by Patrick Doherty Oct 16, 2012.
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Patrick Doherty replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"We take in wheels but we send them somewhere else to be built."
notoriousDUG replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"Your shops website says they build wheels...
As for why we don't build in house that is not my decision to make its the owners.
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James BlackHeron replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"Nobody has ever even MET me. I've been told that I don't exist...
I'm a bot."
Cameron 7.5 mi replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"You may have given up on anonymity, but no one on this forum will ever figure out who I really am.
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notoriousDUG replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"I agree with all of this with the exception of knowing first hand about the old wheels.
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mike w. replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"i think the finer points of this discussion is what constitutes "true." When i was wrenching, we considered two standards: Commercially true and Racing true.
Most riders got along fine with Commercially true: the wheel passes the brake…"
Patrick Doherty replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"I'm Patrick by the way but you guys probably could have guessed that I have given up on Internet anonymity."
James BlackHeron replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"It's a new moon today -not full.
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Lanterne Rouge replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"ha! In due time, friend...in due time.
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ilter replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"Hi Jim, I don`t see a cluster here, yet :))
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Lanterne Rouge replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"I'm trying to decide which thread devolved into more of a clusterf*ck - this one or that 'sweet hand built fixxay' one."
James BlackHeron replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell,walked a giant of a man that Clainlinkers knew well.
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Patrick Doherty replied to Patrick Doherty's discussion 'Hand Built Wheels by Well Spoked'"If you put a bright light under the truing stand it forces your iris to close allowing you to focus better (just like raising the f-stop on a camera) using that method it is easy to get within .25mm of true or better. Thats a little trade trick you…"
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- What I ride:
- Cyclocross, Track, Fixed Gear, BMX, Tall Bike
- The kind of riding I do:
- Recreational, Exercise, Commuting, Distance, Around Town, My business involves biking
- About me:
- I am the sole proprietor of Well Spoked a company that offers hand wheel building services.
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