The hub and rims showed up today. oooohh.... ahhhhhh.....
And since I'm bored, a quick unboxing.
I didn't take pics of the rims but they look pretty nice considering they cost $10 each. Alex Y2000, nothing fancy but look what they're going on.
The plan is to use 14 gauge spokes. I'm going to try to get a V-brake to work up front. I'm wondering now if the squealing is due to how the brake arm fits the stud... I'll play around with that kind of stuff over the winter, probably replace the cable and housing, add a shim or two to makes things fit better, and perhaps replace the V- brake with something nicer. Deore maybe? I dunno. Doesn't seem to be much in stock anywhere right now anyway.
Hopefully the next few updates will be more interesting with me actually getting something done. For now I'm just wasting time posting while sitting on phone conferences for w*rk...