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> Well, this might be a red herring, but there's a really excellent book
> on building *bicycle* wheels: The Bicycle Wheel, by Jobst Brandt. My
> guess is that the numbers will be all wrong, but the theory will still
> apply. (I have disc wheels, and I've worked on bicycle wheels enough to
> believe that if I had wire wheels, I'd take them to British Wire Wheel
> and let them do the work.)
>
You're right there. I've trued many a bike wheel. Even laced one from
scratch. I've replaced a few broken spokes on the Healey. I've
ATTEMPTED to tighten others and true A wheel. I finally gave it over as
a bad job. Fixing the buggers is definitely for others.
>My quest for wire wheel knowledge was based on knowing I want better
than what BMC shipped the Healey with. I've seen pictures what I think I
want. But I don't know in what terms to describe it, or what's out
there.
Mike Tobin
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