Another wheel build today (and so on).
A customer left me with some Honfu rims.
Today's are tubular spec with a matte finish.
The hubs look like Bitex ones that I have on hand.
The rear hub looks very similar to a Leef hub,
but the shell shape and the butting details are slightly different.
The flange width and left-right hub flange dimensions are the same.
The proportions between the hub shell and end cap dimensions
on the outside of the left flange differ, but their combined length is the same.
The freewheel body seals are the same,
and the spline machining is quite similar as well.
Front wheel is built.
20H CX-RAY in reverse radial lacing.
With a wide flange hub, radial lacing would theoretically be strongest,
but there's a risk of interference with fork blades,
and the rim height is right at the edge of what works for radial lacing,
so I went with reverse radial throughout.
Rear wheel is built too.
24H semi-comp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
This one barely needs cross-lacing either (though I did it anyway).
While working on the lacing, I compared the feel between the cross-laced and non-cross-laced sections,
and the difference wasn't as pronounced as on wheels I usually build.
A customer left me with some Honfu rims.
Today's are tubular spec with a matte finish.
The hubs look like Bitex ones that I have on hand.
The rear hub looks very similar to a Leef hub,
but the shell shape and the butting details are slightly different.
The flange width and left-right hub flange dimensions are the same.
The proportions between the hub shell and end cap dimensions
on the outside of the left flange differ, but their combined length is the same.
The freewheel body seals are the same,
and the spline machining is quite similar as well.
Front wheel is built.
20H CX-RAY in reverse radial lacing.
With a wide flange hub, radial lacing would theoretically be strongest,
but there's a risk of interference with fork blades,
and the rim height is right at the edge of what works for radial lacing,
so I went with reverse radial throughout.
Rear wheel is built too.
24H semi-comp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
This one barely needs cross-lacing either (though I did it anyway).
While working on the lacing, I compared the feel between the cross-laced and non-cross-laced sections,
and the difference wasn't as pronounced as on wheels I usually build.