respoke or open wallet?/ clubs

["the prussian" Shop Dogs]

any body have any advise on respoking? of course as the biggest (read as fat) guy in our club ive had some spoke issues .
have seen the post re: husky rims and was wondering if respoking my current rims is the way to go or if it's just better to buy a new hd wheel?
i have replaced broken spokes but never built a wheel from scratch , sound like quite a project .

with IL about to go "legal" we have had a few people stoping us to see about joining up!
shop dogs have two new members from last week and a few guys still on the fence.
so maybe this should be it's own thread, but any other clubs out there? SHOW YOUR COLORS!

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Most bike shops sell those heavy duty steel cruiser wheels with the fat spokes in them... I think the spokes are 12 gauge??
Those are plenty strong!!

 

[Retmachinist]

I agree With VB. You would be better off just buying a heavy Duty wheel, with the heavy spokes. Other wise you would need to buy, the heavy rim, the spokes, and a trueing stand. It could get awfully costly and definitly time consuming. It can be a real pain in the butt laceing a wheel if it is your first time.

John