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Location: Saratoga calif.
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Bikes: Miyata 610(66cm), GT Vantara Hybrid (64cm), Nishiki International (64cm), Peugeot rat rod (62 cm), Trek 800 Burning Man helicopter bike, Bob Jackson frame (to be restored?) plus a never ending stream of neglected waifs from the Bike exchange.
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Just a thought here. If you have never done it before why not find an old steel wheel, remove the spokes and then re lace them. That way youi have zero investment iin the wheel and spokes and you can screw up without any worries. I have a piile of old steel wheels up against the side of the garage that I have taken off bikes to upgrade to alu. rims. I would bet that you could get your local bike shop or bike co op to give you some. The Bike exchange has a pile of them that we send to the scrapper.
In my experience any job gets easier after you have done it a couple of times. I know guys that routinely strip spokes off old wheels to re use.