Pro tips, tricks and insights on set-ups and tools for lacing spokes when building bike wheels: lacing by hand, lacing jigs, nipple feeder tools, getting nipples out of hollow rims and making-your-own lacing tools. #WheelTruing #JimLangley #BicycleAficionado
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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Thanks for the 500,000 views!
0:13 - Ride the Aniso Bike Trail near Santa Barbara, CA
0:34 - Today's video is about set-ups for lacing wheels
1:19 - Set-up for lacing with the rim in your lap
1:22 - The Wheel Fanatyk Nipple Shuffler tool
1:34 - Working with nipples in piles
2:03 - The stool and bench details
2:29 - Ways to secure the hub on the bench
2:46 - Park Tool's wheel holder tool
3:08 - Why I lace wheels one spoke at a time
3:37 - Fanning spokes for easier placement in holes
3:58 - The EVT Mulfinger spoke feeder tool
4:35 - Getting nipples out of hollow rims
5:04 - Making your own nipple feeder tool
6:15 - About lacing jigs and stands
6:53 - SpokeCalc's DIY lacing stand
7:04 - Noble Wheels Professional lacing jig
7:23 - Closing comments
ℹ️ Information about LACING JIGS
* MAKE IT YOURSELF LACING JIG by Aljaž Trenta of SpokeCalc
https://spokecalc.io/wheelbuilding-stand.php
* NOBLE WHEELS of LONDON Lacing Jig
https://www.noble-wheels.com/
For USA ordering:
https://wheelfanatyk.com/collections/lacing/products/noble-lacing-stand
*Ideas for making your own wheel lacing jig:
https://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-mechanics/1170498-homebuilt-wheel-lacing-jig.html
My other wheel-building related videos
● How to Build Bicycle Wheels the Easy Way
https://youtu.be/XUqul03hbZ8
● Basic bicycle wheel terminology explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVlmOjgdAs
● How to find or calculate the right spoke lengths
https://youtu.be/LvV4FE2VxZk
● Ways to keep spokes tight so your wheels stay true
https://youtu.be/z4FKL95x6DE
● All about spoke tensiometers and if you need one
https://youtu.be/7JLw4pGyVyI
● My new wheel truing stand, Park Tool's TS-4.2
https://youtu.be/XqsKUceJzp8
● How to fix aero spokes that were twisted during building
https://youtu.be/zszdrNEgSDw
● Pro-tip: how to align hub labels with the valve:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FiyUyJN7Uw
● How to build wheels faster with a driver bit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaBvpCuXigQ
● Shimano's lacing pattern for disc brake bike wheels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfWd7_avr1s
● How to inspect a pair of new wheels:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb73si7WD-k
☼ The wheel building tools I show, use and mention. I put links below. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases (there's no added cost to you).
► Efficient Velo Tool's Mulfinger nipple holder
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► Park Tool's Nipple Driver
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► Park Tool's TS-2.2 Truing Stand
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► Park Tool's Tilting Base for the TS-2.2 Truing Stand
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► Park Tool's 3.2mm Square Socket Internal Nipple Spoke Wrench (Driver)
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► Park Tool's Four-Sided Spoke Wrench Black 0.127in
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► Park Tool's SW-9 Spoke Wrench for use with aero spoke holder
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► Park Tool's Portable Dishing Gauge
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► Park Tool's Spoke Tension Meter
https://amzn.to/36mEn6d
► Park Tool's Aero Spoke Holder (anti-twist tool)
https://amzn.to/2KYlDlP
► For hubs, rims & spokes, I use
https://wheelbuilder.com
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● https://jimlangley.net/wrench/buildwheel.html
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