I lied. I've let you down, and I'm sorry. I promised a wheel-building article, and I told you I would post before and after pictures of the big projects. With my newest bike, I did none of these things. I was so caught up in the building of it, so focussed from hours and hours of sanding and polishing, that I just let it all go by without a single snapshot.

By way of apology, (and also because I am helpless in the grip of pride over this thing) I am posting pictures of it all finished.