MTB wheel advice

[Willehond]

Can you recommend any wheelbuilders in the western cape? If you don't want to mention names on the thread please pm me.

Thanks for the input!

 

PM our fellow Hubber who goes by the name of Straatvark. He was easily the best student I've ever had on a wheelbuilding course. I have no doubt that he'll build a better wheel than most people in Cape Town.

 

 

 

Good stuff' date=' thanks. Straatvark, when you get a pm from me you know what it's about!

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Straatvark jou bliksem ne?!  Lyk my daai Enjineersgraad was toe al die tyd TOG die moeite werd?

[KevinV]

Thanks Johan' date=' I think you have already forgotten more than I will ever know about the technical stuff. Just spoke (no pun intended) to the shop where I bought the bike. They say that once a spoke breaks and is replaced, it's inevitable that more will break. Not going to get much out of them then.

I will wait until more break and then get the back wheel rebuilt by somebody who knows what they are doing. No spokes have broken on the front yet so I will leave well enough alone.

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Why not buy a single wheel from JB, with XT (or LX even) hub and reasonable rim and spokes? At 90kg I wouldn't go near a std American Classic.

Also an option I guess, but it seems from what has been said that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the rims I have so I may as well hang on to them and just do the spokes. I am, however, hoping that even this will not be necessary.