I received a PowerTap hub carbon rim wheel from a customer.
As usual, I have no idea which rim this is.
The front wheel has a noticeable wobble in one spot (the customer even pointed it out themselves)
so I'll need to true that,
and for the rear wheel they're requesting a hub overhaul.
These have internal nipples, but since both wheels had tires mounted,
I needed to remove the tires to do the truing work.
For the rear wheel I would've preferred not to remove the tire if the runout was minimal or nonexistent,
but there was enough wobble to register on the truing stand, so off it came.
And that's when I discovered that the front wheel was perfectly centered,
but the rear wheel was slightly off. Good thing I removed that tire.
Where on earth is this rim from anyway...?
I completed the rear hub overhaul.
That half-hearted tape was actually doing a decent job this time, but
no question about it.
It's a reverse Italian lacing pattern, but since it wasn't a rebuild I missed that. Damn!
PowerTap hubs prohibit radial lacing on both sides,
so you don't often see spoke patterns like 4-cross that are prone to spoke lag.
That's nice—spoke imbalances that would normally require re-spooking
aren't commonly seen (the large flanges help with that too).
As usual, I have no idea which rim this is.
The front wheel has a noticeable wobble in one spot (the customer even pointed it out themselves)
so I'll need to true that,
and for the rear wheel they're requesting a hub overhaul.
These have internal nipples, but since both wheels had tires mounted,
I needed to remove the tires to do the truing work.
For the rear wheel I would've preferred not to remove the tire if the runout was minimal or nonexistent,
but there was enough wobble to register on the truing stand, so off it came.
And that's when I discovered that the front wheel was perfectly centered,
but the rear wheel was slightly off. Good thing I removed that tire.
Where on earth is this rim from anyway...?
I completed the rear hub overhaul.
That half-hearted tape was actually doing a decent job this time, but
no question about it.
It's a reverse Italian lacing pattern, but since it wasn't a rebuild I missed that. Damn!
PowerTap hubs prohibit radial lacing on both sides,
so you don't often see spoke patterns like 4-cross that are prone to spoke lag.
That's nice—spoke imbalances that would normally require re-spooking
aren't commonly seen (the large flanges help with that too).