Another day of wheels (and so on).
Built Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY four-cross Italian laced.
Depending on the hub flange diameter and rim height conditions (especially the former),
with a four-cross pattern on a 20H hub, the two spokes emerging from adjacent holes and heading to the opposite side
sometimes line up like a single straight line (that is, roughly tangent to the flange circle),
and in that case, the portion of the spokes up to their final crossing appears like a five-pointed star.
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 24H semi-competition four-six lacing (of course Italian laced).
I'll do the truing together with another wheel later.
Since it's not trued yet, I can actually see very clearly
the effect of the different-count different-diameter asymmetric lacing.
If I were to build this wheel as a full competition four-cross pattern
with the same centering as the semi-competition four-six build's non-drive side tracking,
I'd have to shift the rim toward the non-drive side by nearly one rim width.
That's the amount of spoke tension we can achieve with the wheel centered.
At the customer's request, I used red aluminum nipples.
Built Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H CX-RAY four-cross Italian laced.
Depending on the hub flange diameter and rim height conditions (especially the former),
with a four-cross pattern on a 20H hub, the two spokes emerging from adjacent holes and heading to the opposite side
sometimes line up like a single straight line (that is, roughly tangent to the flange circle),
and in that case, the portion of the spokes up to their final crossing appears like a five-pointed star.
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 24H semi-competition four-six lacing (of course Italian laced).
I'll do the truing together with another wheel later.
Since it's not trued yet, I can actually see very clearly
the effect of the different-count different-diameter asymmetric lacing.
If I were to build this wheel as a full competition four-cross pattern
with the same centering as the semi-competition four-six build's non-drive side tracking,
I'd have to shift the rim toward the non-drive side by nearly one rim width.
That's the amount of spoke tension we can achieve with the wheel centered.
At the customer's request, I used red aluminum nipples.