Building your own wheel?

Ive picked up a pair of ztr rims and am looking at some hope hubs to go with them,

Id like to have a go at building them myself my friend has a truing stand.

The only question i have is what are the differences is in the spokes?

The rims are 32 hole.

Any tips would be great thanks.

There are many many different kinds and sizes of spokes out there... If you don't know what your at it can be a bit confusing.. for example there are double butted, triple butted, plain gauge, bladed spokes, titanium spokes, + many many more..

Spokes can be seriously expensive so it all depends on how much money you want to spend on them.. but if your building a class pair of wheels with ZTR rims then go for the best spokes you can afford...

If your looking for wheel building advice have a chat with James or Al in the Bikerack, Cabinteely.. they have years of experience building top quality wheelsets.. and when it comes to building wheels, experience counts big time..!

I wouldn't let anyone touch my I9 wheels except for the guys in the Bikerack...

Thanks for the reply,

Came across these,

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/M...?ModelID=12630

And then the confusion starts, i have not a clue what length spokes i need,
Even when looking at the notubes link.

http://www.notubes.com/literature/hu...ke%20chart.pdf

I might just get the LBS to source the spokes and build the wheels for me.

The DT Swiss website has a spoke length calculator, just pump in the rim rype and hub.

I'd only try building the wheels myself if I was stuck for cash, if it's just to experiment then rebuild your old wheels and get the new one's built by an expert.

Only reason i was looking into it is id like to have a go myself,
The wheels on my current bike are fairly new but a bit heavy for my liking so i want a nice light and strong pair and have my current pair as a spare.

I can see myself making a balls of ordering the right spokes and putting them together so ill prob end up getting them laced by someone who knows what they are at.

Lacing the wheel is actually the easy part... its the truing, dishing & tensioning that's the hard part..

Wheel building is an art and not something you learn over night or by reading a book... it takes a lot of practice to get a wheel 100%.. a good wheel builder is worth his weight in gold...

pm me and i will give you my phone number. Have built a number of wheels. Great fun