It's wheels again today (and so on).
The residual adhesive from the Tni stickers varies quite a bit
depending on how you peel them off.
"Difficult to peel = lots of adhesive remaining on the rim side,"
but the problem is you can't really control this with your peeling technique alone.
(With metal rims, warming them with a hair dryer helps, though)
There was a brief period when the stickers became extremely easy to peel
with minimal adhesive residue,
but they quickly went back to normal.
The stickers from that period weren't just individual variation—
the thickness and texture were clearly different.
Since you can roughly determine the manufacturing date from the rim's serial number,
I can confirm there weren't any old rims mixed in.
I suspect the manufacturer ran out of sticker stock,
so they had them quickly made elsewhere.
Today the front rim had an absolutely stubborn amount of adhesive residue,
so I had my hands full for the first time in a while.
Got it built.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY radial lace,
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 28H semi-comp 48-spoke lace with solder joint.
I occasionally get feedback saying "the solder joint is too thin,"
but there's plenty of solder for sufficient security against unraveling.
Usually I don't separate the spoke from the solder wire before soldering,
but when I do and photograph it, it looks like this.
Even this small lump of solder soaks in quite a bit. There's no need to add more.
The residual adhesive from the Tni stickers varies quite a bit
depending on how you peel them off.
"Difficult to peel = lots of adhesive remaining on the rim side,"
but the problem is you can't really control this with your peeling technique alone.
(With metal rims, warming them with a hair dryer helps, though)
There was a brief period when the stickers became extremely easy to peel
with minimal adhesive residue,
but they quickly went back to normal.
The stickers from that period weren't just individual variation—
the thickness and texture were clearly different.
Since you can roughly determine the manufacturing date from the rim's serial number,
I can confirm there weren't any old rims mixed in.
I suspect the manufacturer ran out of sticker stock,
so they had them quickly made elsewhere.
Today the front rim had an absolutely stubborn amount of adhesive residue,
so I had my hands full for the first time in a while.
Got it built.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY radial lace,
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 28H semi-comp 48-spoke lace with solder joint.
I occasionally get feedback saying "the solder joint is too thin,"
but there's plenty of solder for sufficient security against unraveling.
Usually I don't separate the spoke from the solder wire before soldering,
but when I do and photograph it, it looks like this.
Even this small lump of solder soaks in quite a bit. There's no need to add more.