Hey All, We're developing a wheel building class here at Community Cycles. We have a rough idea of what we'd like to do but we could use some help smoothing it out.
We're thinking the class would be three 2 hour sessions at a cost of $X to 6 - 8 students.
We've thought of two ways to go about supplies for the class. One would
be to use recycled rims, hubs, nipples and maybe spokes. Another way
would be to buy the parts from our wholesalers. The latter option means
we could have control of what the class is working with. The former
option could mean a lot more on the fly problem solving for the
instructor and class but it'd be a lot cheaper for us and our students.
I'm leaning towards the new parts option because I think it'll provide
the highest quality of instruction. What do you guys think?
Another question we're trying to figure out is what happens to the wheels that get built in the class. At our shop we're always in dire need of 700cc wheels. So we're thinking the class could build 700 wheels and they'd be used by the shop. However people taking the class may want to build wheels that they'd keep as their own. If we structure the class to just build 700 fronts we have more consistency and control. If we let folks build wheels for their own projects the class might have more general appeal but presents logistical and supplies hurdles.
Please let us know how your shop is teaching wheel building.
Ride On!