http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: edinburgh bike - Recent Posts en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:46:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36584 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:19:52 +0000 DaveC 36584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm tempted but in Aberdour there is a retired civil servant guy Dave Seaman, who does bike repairs and service work at a little over the cost of parts. He has a vast catalogue where I've been shown that various makes of kit are exactly the same as their catalogue number match and are sourced from the same factory in Italy/Taiwan. For me it would be interesting but I could go to him and get hi to show me for a fraction of the cost I'm sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36577 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:20:11 +0000 Roibeard 36577@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm thinking of attending - not so much for wheel building purposes, but to practice wheel truing. I've got enough bikes about the place now that being able to true the wheels would be handy.</p> <p>Previously I've just replaced a wheel when the rim wore out - the shop cost of a rebuild wasn't economical given the lower end hubs in use. The current commuter bike has disc brakes, to help avoid this!</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36575 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:17:49 +0000 custard 36575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>but what about building one from scratch? thinks its better to do some research and put the £50 towards parts? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36572 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:05:57 +0000 wingpig 36572@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I learnt enough to see that it was relatively dead easy to repair them from reading a few free online things about truing and spoke-replacement. After a few more online articles and a loan of a book I then felt confident enough to build one, though I now slightly distrust online spoke length calculators.</p> <p>Most multi-tools or mini-toolkits will contain a spoke key or equivalent notch in the edge of a spanner. £0.80 buys you a replacement spoke compared to £10 or so to let a shop replace one and re-true a wheel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36571 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:05:19 +0000 steveo 36571@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Keep thinking about it but tbh there is so much info on the web I think a cheap rim, hub and spokes then just getting stuck would be a better use of the money. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3500#post-36569 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:56:24 +0000 custard 36569@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>anyone attended?<br /> worth doing?</p> <p>just thinking it would be handy/money saving to be able to build/repair my own wheels </p>