I'm looking to build up a rear wheel to convert my SS which I recently converted from a 10S.  I'm thinking about buying the less expensive Park truing stand and maybe a book or something.  Have to admit to feeling slightly overwhelmed, as whenever I ask about it in bike shops I get these strange looks.  Anybody remember how they got started building wheels?

So I set out to make the craziest looking chopper wheel I could imagine. I had a bunch of parts laying around and decided to try and make them work together.

Materials used:

• Alex MX22 single walled 20" rim, 48H, black
• Old Shimano Freewheel hub, low flange, 36H
• 36x 184mm Wheelsmith stainless spokes,
• 36x 14g nipples
• 12x punk rock spikes

Since I was attempting to lace a 36H hub to a 48H rim, I needed to skip some holes in the rim.
To make it really stand out, I determined that a 3Leading/3Trailing configuration would go well with the missing holes.