No, I just needed to lace it in a spoke pattern that allowed for longer spokes.Cobra,Any problems with spoke length when switching front hub out?
I did this last night after I came home from work. I took the rim apart, laced my new 90mm drum/dynamo brake, and trued it up. I have laced up wheels before but never built a complete wheel from parts to finish before. It really wasn't that hard. It took me about 2.5 hours and the only special tool I had was a spoke wrench. I put my Son's bike upside down and used his forks as a truing stand. It's perfectly trued, dished, and tensioned. Now All I need it to paint them and order the Sportsman sprocket adapter for the rear wheel. I am glad I didn't paint the wheels before I put them together. I would have scratched them up for sure. I will need to get a box of drinking straws. I am going to use the coaster brake to see how it works with the bike. It will give the peddles something to do other than rest my feet . I'm going to make an adapter and run both my left and right brake handles to the front hub for double braking force. This should work good.