Wheelbuilding

Wheelbuilding Guide

• Bicycle Wheelbuilding Introduction

General Topics

• How Bicycle Wheels Work – A discussion about how forces transfer through bicycle wheels and which characteristics are important for their strength and stiffness.
• Do Bicycle Hubs Hang from the Rim? – A discussion about whether bicycle hubs hang from the spokes above or stand on the spokes below.
• Converting Shimano to Standard Bicycle Hub Dimensions for Spoke Length Calculation – An elaboration of how the measurements given by Shimano can be converted to the standard hub dimensions used by wheelbuilding spoke length calculators.