Not FJ... anyway, a customer brought in a rear wheel from a Ksyrium 125 for work.
It matches nicely with the yellow consideration look.
What exactly it's being considerate about is unclear.
The reason they brought it in was "it feels loose."
Apparently they also have a separate Ksyrium SLR,
and this one feels way looser compared to that.
My first words when I touched it were also "Whoa, it's loose!"
The spoke tension is definitely low.
I don't think the looseness is because it's a Ksyrium 125—it's probably just a manufacturing variance.
Like I've written many times before,
I'm not a fan of "excessively tightening spoke tension on pre-built wheels."
But when spoke tension is clearly below standard,
I will tighten it back up to normal factory spec.
The wheel centering was also off, so I fixed that up nicely while I was at it.
The rim has a flat, edgeless profile.
Looks light, but I don't know the actual weight.
Addendum:
Regarding "looks light, but I don't know the actual weight,"
I got a comment saying "that reads like a 'Crab Beam appears' flag—this blog has poisoned me to that degree."
Well, I did tell the customer (not FJ...)
"Give me 2 hours and I'll take it apart and rebuild it."
This time though, I didn't manage to nail down the rim weight.
It matches nicely with the yellow consideration look.
What exactly it's being considerate about is unclear.
The reason they brought it in was "it feels loose."
Apparently they also have a separate Ksyrium SLR,
and this one feels way looser compared to that.
My first words when I touched it were also "Whoa, it's loose!"
The spoke tension is definitely low.
I don't think the looseness is because it's a Ksyrium 125—it's probably just a manufacturing variance.
Like I've written many times before,
I'm not a fan of "excessively tightening spoke tension on pre-built wheels."
But when spoke tension is clearly below standard,
I will tighten it back up to normal factory spec.
The wheel centering was also off, so I fixed that up nicely while I was at it.
The rim has a flat, edgeless profile.
Looks light, but I don't know the actual weight.
Addendum:
Regarding "looks light, but I don't know the actual weight,"
I got a comment saying "that reads like a 'Crab Beam appears' flag—this blog has poisoned me to that degree."
Well, I did tell the customer (not FJ...)
"Give me 2 hours and I'll take it apart and rebuild it."
This time though, I didn't manage to nail down the rim weight.