How To Build Bicycle Wheels THE EASY WAY! #bikerepair

You have answered my questions thanks a lot, only want to know how to fix a down break hub

How can you remove up or down bumps

Im building a 40 spoke rim, drive side


I've put in a spoke on the hole on the left of the valve. Let's call this spoke L1
I've put in a spoke on every 5th hole, counting from L1 going left

I've put in spokes using the over, over, under method

I've ended up with a rim with a drive side that has a spoke on every other hole, however there are 2 areas where I have 2 empty holes

Help me, what am I doing wrong

Top Class. 😊😊😊

where tightening was

Lovely video! Enjoy the process!

Jim, I was taught to build wheels over 40 years ago at a shop that did a lot of bike work for professional road and touring athletes. I set the spokes differently. Have you ever heard the term “pusher” and “puller” spokes? All my head-in spokes are set by rotating the hub forward. They are “puller spokes.” Then I set all the head-out spokes the other direction; they are the “pusher spokes.” I’ve built hundreds of wheel sets this way and never had any issues.
Just wondering what your thoughts are about this process vs. the alternating spoke arrangement you utilize?

I want to thank you for the excellent video and the way you explain yourself very very good there was one or two things on their I really needed to know and thank you very much for your help you've been great I mean that thank you again and I will continue to watch your videos thank you

Nice one, I'd always considered wheel building a dark art and an exercise in frustration, but this is really well explained in a step by step process, and gives me the confidence to give it go. Top man.

YT keeps deleting my comment. Thank you for helping build my gary fisher trek wheel first try. Great for my ebike to have the new XM 490 pro hub. I got frustrated a few times as I was doing 32 spokes but I rewound it and that helped me a lot. I had to step away for a day or two when I got mad but it worked out. Thank you so much!

thank you. help me truing wheel a lot!

do you have a video of you putting spokes in a non alternating holes

Hi, Would it be a good idea to use threadlocker instead of motor grade oil for installing the nipples on the spokes? Thank you!

Beavis & butthead would love this video Remember & oil those nipple's & spokes 😂😂😂 good video though 😊

Yes, I did. I stayed till the end of the video and enjoyed it. I know, and I'm sure I will watch it again. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge.

I couldn't adjust the wheel spokes. Is there an easy way to do that?

thank you

Hi bro do you have a video on to build a bike wheel spokes with 24 holes in the Wilhelm and 32 holes in the wheel rim

hey friend. awesome tutorial. do you offer in-person tutorials for a fee?

So I have build many wheels in this way. I almost always have to dish the wheel to one side even if I tension the spokes with same tension. When I dished the wheel, the rim often leans down on one side. Do you know why?

How do you size the spokes regarding to the hub diameter ?

I had wheels similar to yours. Dissimilar metals rusted those inserts out. Made no sense to me why that would be done.

Is he using the term "buckled wheel" as an equivalent to what u.s. repairmen call "hop"?

Amazing! You make it look so easy.  
I have a couple of wheels I'm about to work on and your video has made it so clear what is involved, inspired my friend, very much appreciated. All the very best!

Thank you, you taught me something useful that can't be done by a shop in the small town I live in, now I don't have to deal with a bike shop in the city. you've given me the gift of self reliance.

What spoke pattern is this?

I'm about to build my first wheel and I truly enjoyed this video.

This was recommended to me by the YT algorithm just now, and it might very well be saving me a couple hundred of euros down the line. I plan on building a wheel that is both, rim and disc brake compatible, since my current wheels need replacing but I can't justify buying a rim brake wheel set to later have to buy yet another wheelset for when I convert my bike to disc brake.
I found a wide 29" rim brake compatible rim, that is wide enough for most tires, so if I choose a disc compatible hub that can be converted from QR to thru axle, I'll have a wheelset that I can use on whatever bike I end up getting after.
Prebuilt wheels with those rims would cost me about 600-900$ + import to EU, the rims are only 80$ a piece tho..
So thank you in advance, building the wheels myself might end up saving me half of that amount

That makes it so much easier to understand! Other methods rotate the hub clockwise and not anticlockwise as shown here and also have the first set of spokes laced the other side of the drive side flange, can I ask is this just choice?

Thank you so much for the video, im going to try and tackle my relaced wheel and see how it turns out. The only thing im not sure about is when you are setting the nipples initially and you said have about 2mm exposed what is it that you are exposing?

How do I find out what size spoke I need for a 26 " huffy model 56899

I don't know about a wheel building full but I got my wheel built. Thank you much for this video. Lifesaver

First of all thanks for the video! But I cant wrap my head around one thing, in the video (When you explain the position of the first spoke of the third set) it seems like the spoke is going into the incorrect hole. It looks like it is meant for the spoke head going on the other side, there is no small depression for the spoke head. Maybe I am wrong or it is not really important.

Thanks

I am thoroughly inspired to build my own now. After paying substantial amounts to my local bike shop you’ve given me the confidence to try this out. Thank you !

Thank you for the video! And I have a question. I saw a tool that measured tension in the spokes. Is there any recommendation of how much tension needs to be in the spokes in numbers?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Much appreciated.

like this vid alot.. thanks

Always start with new parts an d the correct length of spokes ,word!!!

Thank you!
I was having a hard time lacing, you taught it differently which made all the difference.

What about building a rear wheel with a freehub? Shall we use different spoke lengths? On other sources, it's recommended to use about 2mm longer spokes for the non drive side.

I just built a new rear wheel for my MTB with a 10 speed Deore hub but I wasn't satisfied with the end result. There was a high spot and I couldn't true it. So I removed all the spokes to try again from the beginning but I saw that the spokes on the drive side were slightly bent while the non drive side spokes were still straight. Is this normal?

Great stuff, learned a lot, Thank You!

At the 12 minute mark you talk about the direction of twist, as the drive side is tighter is there an optimal direction to twist on a disk brake wheel? Some builders do the next set on the opposite side why would you choose one over the other?

Great video. Learning so much about bike rebuilding and wheel building, thanks!

Great video. Thank you Mr Langley! You are a real master.

what is a tension gage? are they useful? thanks.