Welcome To My Tech Journal

Here is a look around the four walls that house my day work. 

My workshop is kept clean. I invest in the best tools possible and take good care of them. 

 

This is the first Gaulzetti Ciclocross. 

This is my very modest office set-up. I enjoy the challenge of staying organized and keeping my surroundings as nice as possible. 

In the queue for assembly is a pair of Nemesis/Dura Ace wheels. I take contract jobs. I am happy to work with different materials. Be on the lookout for some very nice builds featuring Alchemy hubs.

Piet Mondrian inspired me. I appreciate his originality and simplicity. 

This work stand is made by hand at Llewellyn bicycles in Australia. I purchased it from Llewellyn at the NAHBS bike show. 

I love this medical grade, stainless steel table. It may not be the best table for an office table but it makes me happy.  

The roll of paper in the upper left is the back drop I use to take my product shots. Those three lights, when properly positioned, allow me to shoot without a flash. I am a novice photographer and these lights help me take better pictures. 

I"m lucky to have this neat little closet in the room too. My longtime sponsor and friend Richard Sachs sent me those posters hanging from the ceiling. Richard is a true inspiration and I feel lucky to know him. 

These are drawings from my friend Matt's daughter. She is very creative and I think they really spruce this closet up a bit. 

Here is an autographed poster from Nicola Kuperus of ADULT. She is a real photographer and a talented musician.  Next to it hangs a mussette bag made by Rapha for Team GB.  

These are the teams I raced for.  I was a very good cyclist and even raced in the Giro D'Italia as a professional. 

This is my wheel building station. All my spokes are cut to length and special ordered. I can keep a tidy and simple set-up. I like the compact and stable Pedros work bench. It folds away neatly when extra space is required or for easy portage. I also have some sports memorabilia on the walls as a reminder to where I started. 

These are build specs of some of the various wheelsets I build. I use this information as a cross reference and reduce any mistakes in spoke calculation I am always trying to understand my craft better. 

Those marks are made by the hub axle when I set the spoke heads. (2020 edit: I stopped doing this a couple years later. It is not necessary and can damage the hub flange. Looking back now, I am still only just beginning my process.)

This magnetic strip keeps the wheel building tools off the wheel building bench.

This is a very good start.

Stay Tuned,
Justin Spinelli
luxewheelworks@gmail.com
(+1) 603 943-4202
Luxe Wheelworks