My friend John at the MoBo bicycle co-op helped me tons and tons today building my first bicycle wheel ever. It took solidly 3 hours, but was only moderately frustrating thanks to John. In case you were wondering it is the original steel rim with a fix/fix TH32 36 hole black hub and spokes in a 3-cross pattern. The tire is one that I got used from MoBo and is a 27" 1 3/8ths, which is kind of wide, but it was cheap. Now all I have to do is find another one... and a sprocket for the back. I'm thinking a fixed 15t will go quite nicely with the 42t on my crankset, but I am still debating the merits of a freewheel. One more wheel to go and she'll be up and moving, my little frankenstein.
