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Permalink Reply by Duppie on April 28, 2010 at 2:07am

That would explain my experience.
I was looking for one of their wheel building classes. Their calendar is empty and email goes unanswered. Hadn't had a chance to ride by.

Anybody know another wheelbuilding class in town?

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Permalink Reply by Tony Adams on April 28, 2010 at 4:32am

Duppie said:

That would explain my experience.
I was looking for one of their wheel building classes. Their calendar is empty and email goes unanswered. Hadn't had a chance to ride by. Anybody know another wheelbuilding class in town?

If Oak Park counts as "in town": http://www.creativechangesoakpark.com/Bike_Classes.html

I can't vouch for them. I just see an ad on Craig's once in a while advertising their classes.

Unless I find a deal* on a beefy yet cheap wheelset that I can't pass up (hint: 700c, flip flop rear hub, 126 mm spacing, 36h+) I'll be building my first wheel this spring without the benefit of a class. I'll try to remember to post my results.

*I realize that when it is all said and done I will probably spend more to build my own than buying a pre-built wheel, but it sounds like fun and is the next frontier of my humble bikey skill set.

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Permalink Reply by Craig S. on April 28, 2010 at 4:38am

http://www.thechainlink.org/xn/detail/2211490:Event:169360?xg_sourc...

Perhaps Rapid Transit will offer another class.

Duppie said:

That would explain my experience.
I was looking for one of their wheel building classes. Their calendar is empty and email goes unanswered. Hadn't had a chance to ride by.

Anybody know another wheelbuilding class in town?

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Permalink Reply by Craig S. on April 28, 2010 at 6:40am

While I haven't built up hundreds of wheelsets, I have built a number of them in the past ten years so you're telling me that I've wasted a ton of time by checking the dish on front wheels? Not so sure I'd want to send out a wheelset without dishing the front as well.

ERCHLVRSN said:

If you're just building a track set a wheel class might help but there is no need for dishing the wheel because it has no gears...you build a fixed gear rear wheel about the same as a front wheel unless it has a disc.

You can probably just use a wheel building book to build a track wheel set...shouldn't take longer than a hour to build each wheel...have a truing stand will come in handy for getting it right side to side and up and down...just have an old wheel near by so you have a good guide to follow.

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Permalink Reply by Ryan L on April 28, 2010 at 7:10am

So excited about teaching the DIY class with Franco in the new space. Can't wait :)

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Permalink Reply by Shay on April 28, 2010 at 7:13am

So we've determined that they've moved to new space, but no one has mentioned where yet...

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Permalink Reply by Duppie on April 28, 2010 at 7:36am

That's good news. Any idea when you guys will re-open and start doing courses again?

Adriana said:

Its the West Town Bikes Expansion Pack...same bat channel!

Shay said:

So we've determined that they've moved to new space, but no one has mentioned where yet...

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