RESOURCES

Wheel Building Guides

Sheldon Brown’s guide to wheel building: sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html
Roger Musson’s Wheelpro “A Practical Guide to Wheel Building”: www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php
Gerd Schraner’s “The Art of Wheel Building”: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0964983532/026-0875116-4044405?v=glance&n=266239&colid=5C0P61JFGJTJ&coliid=IXTECNVENASX1
Jobst Brandt’s “The Bicycle Wheel”: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0960723668/026-0875116-4044405?v=glance&n=266239&v=glance


Spoke Length Calculators

Wheelpro: www.wheelpro.co.uk/spokecalc
DT Swiss: www.dtswiss.com/spokescalc/welcome.aspx?language=en
Damon Rinard’s Spocalc: damonrinard.com/spocalc.htm


Components - Hubs

Shimano: www.shimano.com
Hope: www.hopetechnology.com
Chris King: www.chrisking.com


Components - Rims

Mavic: www.mavic.com
Sun Ringle: www.sun-ringle.com


Components – Spokes & Nipples

DT Swiss: www.dtswiss.com
Sapim: www.sapim.be
Alpina: www.alpinaraggi.it


Tools

Park Tool: www.parktool.com
Minoura: www.minoura.co.jp
Buddy (Spokey) and Bicycle Research (nipple driver) don’t appear to be on the web.
Magnetic parts dish: Loads available on Ebay

Where to buy

Singletrack classifieds: www.singletrackworld.com
Ebay: www.ebay.co.uk
Auction Stealer Ebay sniper tool: www.uk.auctionstealer.com
Rose: www.rose.de Yes, they’re German! But they are BY FAR the cheapest and most reliable resource that I’ve found in Europe for DT spokes & nipples, even with international P&P charges added on. Shows how much UK retailers are ripping us off.

I also bought a couple of components in the sales from www.wiggle.co.uk and another UK retailer whom I refuse to endorse (take three guesses who, you won’t need all of them!), but I generally rely on the grey market and my own judgement. All the parts I bought for these two builds were new and unused, irrespective of where I sourced them.

I’m very happy to endorse the following two “Bargain Engines”. They trawl the on-line retailers for you and return the cheapest vendors of the item you want.
www.bikepimp.co.uk
www.shopping.outdoor-equipment-review.com