Recycling
A fixed gear (flip-flop, but fixed on both sides) drivewheel for the GT Talera, built according to my “don’t spend any money if I can help it” goal for this bike. Velocity Synergy riml from Russell’s Kogswell (a front wheel that was replaced with a dynohub), a fistful of spokes from the Zac19 wheel set I bought so I could get cheap and robust rims for the Murray Baja Experience!, and the flip-flop hub from my parts bin.
The only thing I did wrong on this build was that I got confused about which way to turn the Spokey when I was working on the right side of the wheel, so I accidentally put way too much tension on one of the spokes next to the valve hole and snapped the nipple in half when I realized what was going on and tried to back the tension out. Normally I’d just curse, snip the spoke, then lace in a new spoke, except I don’t think I’ve actually got any spare spokes in the 272-273 size range. Oh well, I’ll just leave it be for now and scrounge in the basement to see if I have any other spokes this size.