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Am I the only one who still hand-wheels spokes instead of using a motor?
I just laced up a rear wheel for my old touring bike and went back and forth on whether to use my buddy's electric spoke driver or just do it by hand. I ended up hand-wheeling all 36 spokes because I felt like I had more control, but man did my wrist hurt after. Anyone else stick with the old method or is the motor just better for speed?
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briannguyen4mo ago
Hand wheeled mine last week too, worth the wrist pain for the control.
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eric3594mo ago
Oh man yeah totally. My buddy Jeff tried hand wheeling his own a couple months back and he texted me a picture of his wrist wrapped up in a brace the next day. He was complaining about it but then he sent me a video of the pour and I gotta say the control he had was impressive, like night and day compared to when he used a machine. He said the pain was worth it just to get that perfect edge but I think he's just stubborn, haha. Still the results he got were really clean so maybe there's something to it.
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