[Mgs] Wire wheels

[bill]

What's a spoke wrench run?  A buck two- fifty?  Come to Delaware and I'll 
let you use mine.  What other 'bike' tools do you need?  Besides it's easy 
with those squiggly spokes.  Now weaving those 3/16" stainless steel spokes 
is a bit more challening.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Heim" <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 3:36 PM
Subject: [Mgs] Wire wheels


> You may recall complaints from this quarter that shops were no longer
> willing to work on wire wheels. Now I discover that this trend has 
> extended
> to bicycle wheels (!).
>
> I just picked up a mountain bike cheap at a yard sale, wth one slightly
> warped rim. Neither bike shop I took it to was willing to just lace on a 
> new
> rim -- they want to sell me a whole wheel (for more than I paid for the
> bike, BTW). I'm tempted to order a rim and do it myself, if it weren't for
> the fact I no longer have any bike tools. Good grief...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
> [just venting...]
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