Built my first wheel today. Normally, everything I touch mechanically will go wrong. Nothing went wrong. I saw one spoke I forgot to interlace and was easily corrected. I feel so good about it all that I wanted to share.
36 hole deore XT hub on a DT swiss 535 with differential spoke sizing.
by JosieMew
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Nice! Great hobby, I like building wheels as well but unfortunately I’m running out of excuses to build more.
Edit: just curious, why’d you choose a rim brake rim when you’re using discs? You might have been able to find more and wider rims intended for disc brake wheels.
I find working with DT Swiss rims always pretty easy. They are usually well built. Just not so sure if I like them so much for running tubeless. With my GR521 rims tubeless tyres are next to impossible to install, whereas on my LB carbon rims I have the same tyres installed in less than a minute without any tools..