Tuesday, October 28, 2008

update update update

Wheel building is something I'd been meaning to tackle for quite sometime but was always to busy sleeping, smashing shit with my truck or drinking cold ones. Over the past month or so some acquaintances of mine built their own wheels, many of them not having any shop experience. If I was going to maintain any sense of self respect I had to do it. I picked up my old blue anodized 26" Araya bmx cruiser rim and my german Komel coaster brake hub, chopped up some spokes and with a little guidance from my good pal Tom I assembled a wheel for my cruiser. I slapped that puppy on and she rides solid. Here's a picture:




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