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Sadly. I was really lucky to have met him once, at Interbike. My formative wrenching years were self taught, fixing bikes on campus at the student bike shop with nothing but Sheldon Browns website. A few hundred wheels later and I still use the same methods I used on my first wheel, built with Sheldon Brown up on the CRT monitor in my dorm room, 20 years ago.

For hub flange distance it's easiest to do it this way. Divide the width of hub by 2 then stand hub on flat surface by the end cap I find the edge of a table to work best, then measure distance from table top to flange and subtract that number from half the width of the hub. This will give you flange spacing.

Even dead, he still wins the derailer argument.

The powertap, with that giant flange, was always an issue with spokes. I've seen them built 2x and 3x. It's one of the reasons I went with a Stages for my MTB instead of the powertap I also never had as much luck with the 355 rims. I didn't find them to be near as stiff as the Crest, Arch or Flow of the same vintage. Spoke direction... Man there is an esoteric discussion right there. #1 - spokes inside or outside, ALWAYS the same direction (leading/trailing) and inside/outside. Never do a mix of drive side outside trailing and non drive inside trailing. Balance above all else. I usually build with trailing spokes outside. Particularly on a disc rear wheel. But my road wheelset, an off the shelf powertap set I didn't build is the other way.

I have been using Sheldon's stuff for over 20 years. GREAT resource.

JK. Use an online spoke calculator with your ERD measurement. Sheldon Brown has on in Excel format that has not let me down.

End of the spoke to the same on the opposite side of the wheel. You need two spokes with nipples and a rubber band to do this. https://www.bikeforums.net/13202085-post2.html Lefty hubs are tricky. Best too look up dimensions on that hub from Cannondale. Then use this zippy formula!

I think eporter's Santa Cruz 5010 turned out pretty nice! beautiful bike, now with added protection from the Texas Gnar and jagged rocks. contact me to make an appointment to get your bike done. thanks!

Everyone should try building their own wheels.

I rebuilt my son's 20" wheel lacing it to a cassette hub so his Hardrock could get a 9sp drivetrain. Sheldon Brown's guide was gold. It was good practice and proved to me that while I could build a wheel without a spoke tension meter, I don't want to build another one without it.

And people couldn't understand why, but I have a lefty dummy axle if anyone needs to borrow it.

I've been building wheels for a few years too. Matt, I re-built the PowerTap wheel (with ZTR 355) wheel you built for me back in 2010. I couldn't keep that thing tensioned to save my life. I went with an Arch rim and changed the lacing (the CycleOps manual has some notes on how this thing is unconventional) and that seemed to fix the problems. I had always meant to talk to you about this to get your thoughts on it. It's partly troublesome because it has a relatively low max tension limit. I also use Spocalc.xls which is Damon Rinard's creation and I think that's what Sheldon Brown links to. Now, what's the deal with which spokes are innies vs outies? I've seen conflicting opinions on this and for different reasons.

I've done this Harris Branch connection quite a few times now. And while it doesn't have a bike path, it isn't terrible. From Howard to Parmer is the worst part because it has no significant shoulder, and has bad traffic. But at lest it is very short, and you can even sidewalk some of it. The longest section between Parmer and 290 has variable shoulder widths and variable sidewalk availability. But the traffic along this section is always very light. Traffic picks up again between 290 and Lindell (Southern Walnut access), but the shoulders are wide and this section is short.

There seem to be a veritable plethora of spokesmen for this activity.

Roger Musson's e book is a great source for wheel building. Shows how to measure ERD and hub offset. The video posted is somewhat confusing wheel building is not that difficult just requires time and patience.

I learned how to build wheels from George French's guide on his old G-Sport site. I've built dozens of wheels over the years and it is not any more difficult than knitting or making pasta. That video makes it sound more complex than it is. Spend some time studying a wheel on your bike and the pattern that the spokes creates and it will come to you. Sheldon Brown has a great guide, and I have a copy of Jobst Brandt's book on the topic, in case anyone wants to borrow it. 1. Do not trust manufacturers' published ERD. Measure it yourself. 2. Get the spoke length correct within 1mm. Trying to build a wheel with spokes that are +/-2 mm wrong SUCKS. 3. Take your time. 4. A little lube on spoke ends goes a long way.

My Strava shows the chairlift to be 7 to 10 minutes, the busier it gets the slower they make the motor speed. But, great views, LTE, and heckling make the lift ride go quickly!

Cullen was having trouble getting logged in to this forum but he asked me to pass along the message: ARR lead trail work planned at Walnut Creek for Tuesday evening at 5:30 (meet at the pool parking lot) Shovels provided but bring a headlight and water. Post trail work food/beverages welcome. We all need time in the dirt so give back to the trail that gives us so much and make a difference. Bigger crew = Bigger features and bigger solutions = Bigger smiles

Yea, don't do that, you'll be terribly disappointed 😀 I was actually thinking about that though, and how sometimes on the big mountains, just to ride the segments that I like, I always end up feeling like I'm wasting time and energy on lesser trails getting to/from my fav's. Trestle is a really good example; some of my favorite trails anywhere, but I couldn't help but get that feeling of, "ugh, this again?" In order to ride the segments I like. One run from top to bottom could be 1/2 an hour, and 1/2 way down I'm already ready to be done with that run... This park won't have that problem... it's only problem will be riding the same 2 trails 20 times in a day

Just a heads up on this tunnel. I remember riding past it one year and seeing no less than 10 snakes hanging out in some water in that tunnel. It was nightmare fuel straight out of Indiana Jones. I think it had flooded or something recently. I’ll take snakes over cars but don’t scream like a girl if that stick you’re about to bunny hop starts moving. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk