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The home of Ghisallo wood rims, Morizumi spoke machines, and P&K Lie truing stands.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Thanks for Your Support in 2011

Best wishes from Giovanni, Antonio, and Ugo - la famiglia di Ghisallo
Posted by Ric Hjertberg at 12:57 PM
Labels: About Wood Rims, Ghisallo Chapel, Ghisallo Wood Rim History, Reflection

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Why Wheel Fanatyk
We're a store and a wheel building resource.

We represent Ghisallo wood rims, Morizumi Spoke Machines, and P&K Lie truing stands. We also sell clever tools, memorabilia, and some useful components and accessories.

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To learn more about wheel technology, history, techniques, and news, click any topic in our "Contents" section, just below.

For technical questions, drop us a line at wheelfanatyk@gmail.com. Thanks for your interest.
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Ghisallo Wood Rims
Watch Wood Rims Being Made
How wood rims are made.
The history of wood rims.
Nature's composite.
How wood can make a rim.
Wood bicycles.
Wood car.
About Ghisallo rim models.
Ghisallo Chapel, the Pope, and wood.
Wood rims at Interbike.
Wood rims at Taipei Show.
Wood rims in the News.
New Year '09.
Wood Rims in France.
Late '09 rim additions.
Don Dickson on Wood.
Tom Inskeep on Wood.
Prior Track Hub Wheels
Hommage to 1034

Morizumi spoke machine
About spoke machines.
About the Morizumi machine.
Close look at the machine.
A Morizumi setup.
Man behind the machine.
Video demonstration.
New ergonomic knobs.

P&K Lie Truing Stand
Introduction

Ghisallo Accessories
Ghisallo clothing
Clocks and keyrings

Wheel Building
Tying and Soldering.
Advice for better building.
Advice for building wood rims.
Determining spoke lengths.
FSA Tension Gauge features.
Seasonal Wood Rim Maintenance.
20 Tips #1 - Turning Nipples.
20 Tips #2 - Lubricating Nipples.
20 Tips #3 - Stop Spoke Windup.
20 Tips #4 - How to Pre-Stress.
20 Tips #5 - Be a Wheel Whisperer.
20 Tips #6 - Build from Right to Left.
20 Tips #7 - Replacing Spokes.
20 Tips #8 - Know Your Elbows.
20 Tips #9 - Succeed with Alu Nipples.
20 Tips #10 - Using a Dishing Tool
20 Tips #11 - Stuck Cogs
20 Tips #12 - Tuning the Ride
20 Tips #13 - Feeling Lucky
20 Tips #14 - Setting Spoke Path

Tech
Road bike bar height.
Pedal finesse.
How tubulars are made.
Tips for tubular tire use.
Tubulars vs. Clinchers.
Spoke Fatigue Ideas.
Elasticity.

Events and Media
Interbike '07.
Race Mechanics Clinic '08.
Handmade Show '08.
More on the Handbuilt Show '08.
Oregon Manifest Show '08.
Handbuilt Show '09.
Taipei Show '09.
Great reviews.
Handmade Show '10.
Race Mechanics Clinic '10
Merry Christmas 2009
Merry Christmas 2010
Handmade Show '11
Interbike 2011
Merry Christmas 2011
Handmade Show '12

Gallery
Restoration.
Sam's cafe bike.
Wheel building poster.
3 Gems in Seattle.
Color in Ohio.
Wood Rims in France.
Eddie's Gem.
Gregg's Somec.
Torchy Peden's Bike.
1977 Hetchins.
The Miller Bike
A Cruising Ranger
Rim Pin Striping
Odom's Awesome Hubs
More Mead Ranger

Reflections
Mavic memories.
Mavic's R-Sys.
Ode to Spokes.

Workshops
Heroes of the Past and Present.
Floating Workshop.
French Workshop.
A London Bench

About Me

Ric Hjertberg
Seattle
I began Wheelsmith with my brother Jon in Palo Alto in 1975. Moved to Seattle in 2003 to join Full Speed Ahead. Wheel Fanatyk started in 2007 to celebrate fine wheel building. I left FSA to begin Mad Fiber in 2009. New materials, same old physics. Thanks for checking in.
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  • Cyclingnews
  • Go Huck
  • L'Eroica Rally
  • NSMB
  • Pez News
  • PinkBike
  • Pro Mechanics
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      • Elasticity
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      • Beautiful MTB wheels
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      • NAHBS 2012
      • Tensiometer SPC Output Cable Instructions
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      • Perfect Threads
      • Wheel Fanatyk's Tensiometer
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    • ▼  December (5)
      • Thanks for Your Support in 2011
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 14 - Set the Spoke Path
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 13 - Feeling Lucky
      • Ghisallo T-Shirts
      • 2011 Holiday Treats
    • ►  November (1)
      • A Perfect Truing Stand
    • ►  October (2)
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 12 - Tuning the Ride
      • A Hub is Born
    • ►  September (3)
      • What is Old is New Again!
      • Interbike Glimpse
      • The Why of Building
    • ►  August (2)
      • Where Did Pin Striping Go?
      • The Miller Bike
    • ►  July (2)
      • All Wood Wheels
      • Summer Cruising
    • ►  June (3)
      • 1977 Hetchins Reborn
      • Torchy Peden's Bike
      • Some Summer 2011 News
    • ►  May (3)
      • Wheelbuilding Tip No. 11 - Stuck Cogs
      • Spring, and Visions Take Flight
      • Terrific New Ghisallo Visit
    • ►  April (1)
      • Eddie's Gem
    • ►  March (1)
      • A Whirlwind Tour
    • ►  February (2)
      • Upcoming 2011 Handmade
      • Prior Hub Track Wheels
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      • Hommage to 1034
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 10 - Using a Dishing Tool
      • Heroes of the Past and Present
  • ►  2010 (16)
    • ►  December (4)
      • Bike Repair by Boat
      • Mechanic's Clinic 2010
      • Best Wishes for the New Year
      • Watch Wood Rims Being Made
    • ►  October (5)
      • Fall Color in Ohio
      • For Spoke Nerds Only
      • Going New with the Old
      • The Hero in Us
      • Masters at Work
    • ►  July (1)
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 9 - Succeed with Alu Nipple...
    • ►  June (1)
      • My Friend Phil
    • ►  May (1)
      • Morizumi Gets Knobs
    • ►  March (1)
      • Handmade Show 2010
    • ►  February (1)
      • Wheel Building Tip No. 8 - Know Your Spoke Elbows
    • ►  January (2)
      • Three Gems in Seattle
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