Another day of wheel building (et cetera).
I received a Chris King rear hub on consignment.
Since it's for MTB, the over-locknut dimension is 135mm.
The front hub is a King.
The "King" from before Chris King.
When people call Chris King just "King,"
I can't tell if they're simply abbreviating it or if they know about the predecessor King,
but in most cases it's probably the former.
The bearing adjustment mechanism is unchanged from the current model.
The rim is a Sun MA19II,
but I have no idea what the difference is between this and the MA19.
The card that came with the rim still said "MA19".
The rear wheel is built.
32H, semi-comp with four-cross lacing.
I will be doing spoke nipple alignment, but the spoke tension between left and right is very close,
so it's not absolutely necessary (meaning there's no significant tension difference that needs filling).
I'm not doing alignment yet because there are plenty of other measurements I want to take.
Even accounting for the asymmetric and different-gauge spoke build on each side,
the wheel has excellent left-right balance, and
I think the main reason is probably not the high-low flange design,
but rather the small amount of dish.
The difference in over-locknut dimension between road and MTB hubs is 5mm,
which means each side is extended 2.5mm,
so the right flange width can be considered to broaden by 2.5mm.
However, this hub has a right flange width about 3.2mm wider
than yesterday's Chris King.
This is partly because yesterday's hub is Shimano 11-speed compatible,
so it has tighter dishing than a 10-speed hub.
The front wheel is also built.
32H, CX-RAY reverse-cross radial lacing.
Unlike yesterday's Chris King hub, the flanges aren't particularly thick,
so the spoke head seat didn't dig into the flange.
Per the customer's request, both front and rear have purple aluminum nipples.
I received a Chris King rear hub on consignment.
Since it's for MTB, the over-locknut dimension is 135mm.
The front hub is a King.
The "King" from before Chris King.
When people call Chris King just "King,"
I can't tell if they're simply abbreviating it or if they know about the predecessor King,
but in most cases it's probably the former.
The bearing adjustment mechanism is unchanged from the current model.
The rim is a Sun MA19II,
but I have no idea what the difference is between this and the MA19.
The card that came with the rim still said "MA19".
The rear wheel is built.
32H, semi-comp with four-cross lacing.
I will be doing spoke nipple alignment, but the spoke tension between left and right is very close,
so it's not absolutely necessary (meaning there's no significant tension difference that needs filling).
I'm not doing alignment yet because there are plenty of other measurements I want to take.
Even accounting for the asymmetric and different-gauge spoke build on each side,
the wheel has excellent left-right balance, and
I think the main reason is probably not the high-low flange design,
but rather the small amount of dish.
The difference in over-locknut dimension between road and MTB hubs is 5mm,
which means each side is extended 2.5mm,
so the right flange width can be considered to broaden by 2.5mm.
However, this hub has a right flange width about 3.2mm wider
than yesterday's Chris King.
This is partly because yesterday's hub is Shimano 11-speed compatible,
so it has tighter dishing than a 10-speed hub.
The front wheel is also built.
32H, CX-RAY reverse-cross radial lacing.
Unlike yesterday's Chris King hub, the flanges aren't particularly thick,
so the spoke head seat didn't dig into the flange.
Per the customer's request, both front and rear have purple aluminum nipples.