I have to agree with some of what's been said alredy.
Buying used complete wheels makes a lot sense.
The cost of the wheels and spokes these days has made that option quite expensive.
Lacing the wheel and truing the wheel not really a big deal but still takes some time.
Every wheel I've ever built using Buchanan spokes also had to have the spokes ground down.Skinny wheeled.Whatever.Fit for length.
It turns out to be a lot of work, time and expense especially considering they are usually going on an older bike.
New is cool but honestly if you are riding the bike a lot and changing tires a lot the newness is gone pretty quick.
And I've bent EVERY Excel wheel I've ever had.
The Buch spokes hold up well if you get the heavy duty spokes.But they aren't cheap.
Figure 4-5 hours to rebuild the wheel by the time its all said and done.
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