Method for assembling a wheel for a bicycle

A method for assembling a wheel for a bicycle comprising:

• aligning spokes mounted on a hub;
• leasing the aligned spokes to form an assembly;
• transferring the assembly of hub and leased spokes to a device for loosely tightening said leased spokes;
• loosely tightening the spokes of the assembly of the hub and leased spokes;
• and
• fastening the loosely tightened spokes to complete the tightening of the loosely tightened spokes;
• the aligning step further comprising rotating the hub having two spoke mounting plates to thereby radially align the spokes mounted on each spoke mounting plate at the hub and retaining the spokes in an alignment by retaining means provided concentrically with the hub;
• said retaining means comprising a pair of retaining bodies opposing each other from the top and bottom of the hub, said retaining bodies being paired rotatably with respect to the hub, each said retaining body being composed of spacing-holding means which fit between adjacent aligned spokes, said spacing-holding means being positioned externally in the neighborhood of a spoke mounting plate of the hub, said spacing holding means projecting toward the spokes when the spokes are in the aligned state, thereby retaining the spoke aligned state in the assembly of the wheel;
• the leasing step further comprising supporting first, second, third and fourth spokes on first, second, third and fourth supporting annuli in an initial position, lifting said first, second, third and fourth annuli, moving tentatively the first, second, third and fourth annuli until they are opposed to the second, first, fourth and third spokes respectively, lowering said first, second, third and fourth spokes onto said second, first, fourth and third annuli respectively, and moving relatively said first, second, third and fourth annuli to the initial position whereby the first and second spokes are crossed and the third and fourth spokes are crossed.