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Offline Dave K

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Wheel building
« on: August 11, 2012, 06:13:02 PM »
Not wanting to hi-jack the Buchanan spoke thread. As I read through it, I feel the best thing to do is to send it all to them and have them build the wheel. Sure though, is not a way to save money, but neither is the hassle of making UPS rich trying to get it right. Plus not having rims that have spokes pulled through, etc. What have others done or who have others used? I can say that it appears to those that I have talked to have always been proud to have used Buchanan's. What have others done? Who said building a bike was cheap?!
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Re: Wheel building
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2012, 07:08:35 PM »
Quote from: Dave K on August 11, 2012, 06:13:02 PM
Not wanting to hi-jack the Buchanan spoke thread. As I read through it, I feel the best thing to do is to send it all to them and have them build the wheel. Sure though, is not a way to save money, but neither is the hassle of making UPS rich trying to get it right. Plus not having rims that have spokes pulled through, etc. What have others done or who have others used? I can say that it appears to those that I have talked to have always been proud to have used Buchanan's. What have others done? Who said building a bike was cheap?!
I'm sorry for those who have had a bad experience with Buchanans. Fact remains they are the #1 name in the business. I've had 2 built by them and had parts supplied for 3 I built. All went without a hitch.

When you do the most volume, you're going to have a few percent that just can't be satisfied. Somebody in the shop has a bad day, creates a problem and then just can't get in front of it. Any one in business knows the feeling and how frustrating it can be.  And those customers have a right to their feelings of being mistreated. But...

Since 1958, and they do cars and airplanes as well. I'd love to be a fly on the wall of a shop like that and see what really goes on. I'll bet that place hums.
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Re: Wheel building
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2012, 04:35:41 AM »
What I am doing, is a '75 XL 350 in to a cafe, actually  BSA Gold Star kind of clone. I will be using a '72 CB 350 front TLS front brake, but laced to an alloy 18" DID Honda 175 MR rear rim for the front wheel. The spoke count is the same, so I see no reason this shouldn't work. The rear wheel will be the original wheel but stripped for polishing. I want both wheels to have stainless spokes. You read this horror stories of broken and pulled spokes and it makes you want to do something else. I was all mentally prepped to build these wheels myself as it is an investment in funds that I could spend on other areas of this project. There is allot of work getting these wheels and hubs polished, I would sure hate to see it just go down the drain. Thanks for the response!
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