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Wheel Class
25 February 10 09:39 AM | Liza

This is the last night of our wheelbuilding series. Tuesday and Wednesday everyone laced, tensioned, trued their wheels. Tons of info, and it was good to practice the same set of skills on a second and consecutive day. Tonight, they'll go over repairing...

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Wheelbuilding--1 Opening
18 February 10 11:29 AM | Liza

Feb 23-25 we will be offering a wheelbuilding class at our shop on east Sprague. There is still time to register. Just email me if you're interested. The class will be taught by local bike advocate John Speare and local framebuilder Glen Copus. If...

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Wheelbuilding Class--3 Openings
31 January 10 03:00 PM | Liza

If you've ever wanted to build a set of bicycle wheels or to aquaint yourself with the craft (art?) of wheelbuilding, here is your chance. The P2P Wheelbuilding classes will cover lacing, tensioning and truing. Building wheels can be challenging,...

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Wheelbuilding or "the best things in life aren't easy"
31 August 07 10:38 PM | Liza

wheelbuilding is a lot like knitting or weaving. you pick a pattern, chose your materials, do your thing, carefully and repeatedly, in a sequence of steps, and you have a beautiful piece of handiwork when you're done. wheelbuilding, like knitting...

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