Another day of wheels (and so on).
I decided to rebuild the rear wheel on Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
It's a 24-hole full Competition 4-cross lacing pattern, but it has cross-connections on both sides.
This wasn't something the wheel's owner asked for.
The owner doesn't know anything about wheel mechanics,
but there's a training partner with a loud voice (←my delicate way of putting it)
and it was so noisy that I cross-connected both sides as a temporary measure.
But for me, this isn't a fundamental solution,
so I've been troubled every time I looked at this rear wheel.
Since I had the bike in for other work, I decided to rebuild the rear wheel.
The rear hub is an Evo hub from the 10-speed era, slit flange hole specification.
Built it up.
Half-CX, that's CX on the freewheel side and CX-RAY on the non-freewheel side.
Otherwise the usual 4-cross lacing with cross-connections only on the non-freewheel side.
Feh-heh, I went overboard, dang it, the drool...
What if they say it's "stiff"?
I'll figure it out when that happens.
If the handbuilt wheel world was all that existed,
the wheels I usually build would be called "man, this is stiff,"
but given today's actual wheel market, depending on the customer,
their baseline for stiffness might be pre-built wheels with aluminum spokes and aluminum rims,
so compared to those my wheels won't have that "tiring stiffness."
In that sense, Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 and No. 5
can't possibly surpass Racing 1 or Ksyrium SL.
Anyway, that feel still lingering in my fingers right now—that's what matters.
Next, I built a brand new rear wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
Half-SB3, that's Star Aero SB3 on the freewheel side and CX-RAY on the non-freewheel side.
Evolite hub, 24 holes, 4-cross lacing with cross-connections only on the non-freewheel side.
Got the wheel feel pretty much where I wanted it.
I measured the SB3 because I wanted to build with it.
This isn't my personal wheel, mind you.
Even my own wheels—I can't bring myself to use them.
I miss the old days when I could use it generously
as a freewheel-side spoke for different-diameter lacing.
Support is maybe too grand a word, but
I only use them for athlete builds.
I cleaned up the cassette.
Hold your horses on the component swap.
I decided to rebuild the rear wheel on Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
It's a 24-hole full Competition 4-cross lacing pattern, but it has cross-connections on both sides.
This wasn't something the wheel's owner asked for.
The owner doesn't know anything about wheel mechanics,
but there's a training partner with a loud voice (←my delicate way of putting it)
and it was so noisy that I cross-connected both sides as a temporary measure.
But for me, this isn't a fundamental solution,
so I've been troubled every time I looked at this rear wheel.
Since I had the bike in for other work, I decided to rebuild the rear wheel.
The rear hub is an Evo hub from the 10-speed era, slit flange hole specification.
Built it up.
Half-CX, that's CX on the freewheel side and CX-RAY on the non-freewheel side.
Otherwise the usual 4-cross lacing with cross-connections only on the non-freewheel side.
Feh-heh, I went overboard, dang it, the drool...
What if they say it's "stiff"?
I'll figure it out when that happens.
If the handbuilt wheel world was all that existed,
the wheels I usually build would be called "man, this is stiff,"
but given today's actual wheel market, depending on the customer,
their baseline for stiffness might be pre-built wheels with aluminum spokes and aluminum rims,
so compared to those my wheels won't have that "tiring stiffness."
In that sense, Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 and No. 5
can't possibly surpass Racing 1 or Ksyrium SL.
Anyway, that feel still lingering in my fingers right now—that's what matters.
Next, I built a brand new rear wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
Half-SB3, that's Star Aero SB3 on the freewheel side and CX-RAY on the non-freewheel side.
Evolite hub, 24 holes, 4-cross lacing with cross-connections only on the non-freewheel side.
Got the wheel feel pretty much where I wanted it.
I measured the SB3 because I wanted to build with it.
This isn't my personal wheel, mind you.
Even my own wheels—I can't bring myself to use them.
I miss the old days when I could use it generously
as a freewheel-side spoke for different-diameter lacing.
Support is maybe too grand a word, but
I only use them for athlete builds.
I cleaned up the cassette.
Hold your horses on the component swap.