Christie Posted March 7, 2007 Share I need some advice. Where can I find a good wheelbuilder in Gauteng?Arno at Fritz is very good, but only if he does the job himself. If he gives it to some of the other guys is comes out poorly.I want to have a powertap hub build into a Reynolds tubby deep section rear wheel. I've heard good things about Cyclelab, was thinking to try them first.Any advice would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big H Posted March 7, 2007 Share Christie, I cannot give you a name as I have been away from Pretoria for too long and have since mastered the art of tensioning wheels. I have yet to build a wheel though. Get a guru that uses a spoke tensiometer. Nobody can "quess" the tension, no matter how much experience he has. it is trying to diagnose a brain tumour using a stehoscope.......correct use of a tensiometer ensures equally ditributed and balanced tension all around a rim. If not, the wheel WILL go out of true. I re-tensioned the tandems road wheels just after the ARGUS last year and they have been running true since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christie Posted March 7, 2007 Share Thanks for the advice Oom H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewep Posted March 7, 2007 Share Anton at Summit Cycles. He has built wheels for BigBen, and the oom has no complaints. BUT, you'll have to wait till after the Epic. He's FLIPPING busy with forks/shocks at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted March 8, 2007 Share There was an ad in the Ride mag over December. This guy guarantees his wheels against broken spokes. I will go and look for the ad but I think his email adr is wheelman@telkomsa.net but not 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanJ Posted March 8, 2007 Share Cyclelab have done 2-3 wheels for me and I have been very happy with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diesel Posted March 8, 2007 Share Steven at Karsten Cycles ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndreZA Posted March 13, 2007 Share There was an ad in the Ride mag over December. This guy guarantees his wheels against broken spokes. I will go and look for the ad but I think his email adr is wheelman@telkomsa.net but not 100%. Yip, that email is correct. The guy is Johan and his number i 082 308 6847 but I actually don't know if he is in Gauteng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OcTaLL Posted March 17, 2007 Share Kyalami Cycles, they build a set of carbon Ambrosio's, best builders yet. They build all Zipp's wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 19, 2007 Share Try Bike Scene in Springs - ask for Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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