Another day with wheels (and so on).

A customer brought me a Powertap wheel to work on.
The spokes were Wheelsmith lightweight butted spokes, but


the rim and rim tape were Powertap's own.
It's a wheel built in-house by Powertap.


They wanted it rebuilt with an XR300 rim.
Since they only needed the hub, I completely disassembled everything.
(The rim tape fit well, so I reused it.)
But boy, what a hub worth cleaning!

(※) Worth cleaning = a diplomatic way of saying it's dirty
↑ But writing that explanation totally defeats the purpose of being diplomatic, doesn't it?



I cleaned the hub inside and out.
Apparently it's had zero maintenance since purchase, but the bearings
were in excellent condition, so I disassembled, cleaned, and regreased them.



This time the old tape actually had some spirit left in it, but no mercy.


All built up.
Since I used an XR300 rim from our shop stock,
this officially makes it Nomulabo Wheel No. 1.


32-hole, semi-competition, 48-spoke Italian lacing.
Italian lacing.


And so another reverse Italian-laced wheel disappeared from this world,
having converted to the Italian lacing faith...