I received a Novatec LASSER wheel (not LESSER) for service.
The spokes are Sapim black LASER (not LASSER) straight-gauge spokes.
I removed the freebody myself to investigate a few things.
One spoke is broken, and the customer wants me to repair it and
upgrade the freebody to 11-speed.
I could rebuild the wheel using this rim, but
the timeline would be after cyclocross season ends.
(It had a cyclocross tire on it)
Also, the rim is clearly a Kinlin TB25, so
if I discard the hub and spokes and build a
Nomu Lab wheel No. 4 equivalent with a used rim,
the cost won't match the results.
I found a black straight-gauge spoke of equivalent weight with the right length,
so I swapped it in.
↑This is after the repair, so the timeline jumps around, but
the hub is an XF832 with 2:1 spoke lacing.
Since it's Novatec, I thought a 482-series freebody would fit, so I checked
and found that a Tni Evolite hub freebody fit perfectly,
so I swapped it in.
Novatec makes a red freebody with a metal plate to prevent sprocket jamming,
but this freebody is just red—it's not anti-bite equipped.
↑The seating depth of the sprockets differs.
Using a 10-speed spacer on an 11-speed freebody makes them the same.
With Tni Evolite hubs, an 11-speed freebody doesn't fit a 10-speed hub body—
that's the rule.
The 11-speed hub body has the right flange set slightly inward (making the lockring tighter)
to reduce the chances of the rear derailleur pulley cage interfering with
the spokes on the freewheel side when shifting to the lowest gear.
But depending on conditions, even a 10-speed hub body with an 11-speed freebody
won't have interference issues if the freewheel-side spokes are flattened,
the spoke tension is high, or the rear dropout has a certain bend.
Also, for Campagnolo compatibility, even older hub bodies are supposedly OK.
(They kept the 10-speed freebody dimensions and just made it 11-speed)
With this wheel, as you can see in earlier photos,
because it uses straight spokes, no spokes stick out beyond the flange at all.
So even upgrading to 11-speed shouldn't cause interference issues.
I upgraded the freebody to 11-speed and replaced the spoke.
The wheel center shouldn't have shifted during this freebody swap,
but it had, so I corrected it.
I don't know if it was off to begin with,
but since I was fixing it anyway, it doesn't matter.
I was careful not to drop the nipple into the rim when replacing the spoke, but
I dropped it in anyway.
Nooooo, I messed up.
I had to remove the tire to retrieve the nipple.
It had rim cement, so I re-glued it properly.
I didn't charge for the tire work,
but I did take up the customer's time. I'm really sorry about that.
The tire was apparently mounted about a year ago, and
it peeled off pretty easily, so
re-gluing it might have been for the best! ←Stop making excuses, you fool
The spokes are Sapim black LASER (not LASSER) straight-gauge spokes.
I removed the freebody myself to investigate a few things.
One spoke is broken, and the customer wants me to repair it and
upgrade the freebody to 11-speed.
I could rebuild the wheel using this rim, but
the timeline would be after cyclocross season ends.
(It had a cyclocross tire on it)
if I discard the hub and spokes and build a
Nomu Lab wheel No. 4 equivalent with a used rim,
the cost won't match the results.
I found a black straight-gauge spoke of equivalent weight with the right length,
so I swapped it in.
↑This is after the repair, so the timeline jumps around, but
the hub is an XF832 with 2:1 spoke lacing.
Since it's Novatec, I thought a 482-series freebody would fit, so I checked
and found that a Tni Evolite hub freebody fit perfectly,
so I swapped it in.
Novatec makes a red freebody with a metal plate to prevent sprocket jamming,
but this freebody is just red—it's not anti-bite equipped.
↑The seating depth of the sprockets differs.
Using a 10-speed spacer on an 11-speed freebody makes them the same.
With Tni Evolite hubs, an 11-speed freebody doesn't fit a 10-speed hub body—
that's the rule.
The 11-speed hub body has the right flange set slightly inward (making the lockring tighter)
to reduce the chances of the rear derailleur pulley cage interfering with
the spokes on the freewheel side when shifting to the lowest gear.
But depending on conditions, even a 10-speed hub body with an 11-speed freebody
won't have interference issues if the freewheel-side spokes are flattened,
the spoke tension is high, or the rear dropout has a certain bend.
Also, for Campagnolo compatibility, even older hub bodies are supposedly OK.
(They kept the 10-speed freebody dimensions and just made it 11-speed)
With this wheel, as you can see in earlier photos,
because it uses straight spokes, no spokes stick out beyond the flange at all.
So even upgrading to 11-speed shouldn't cause interference issues.
I upgraded the freebody to 11-speed and replaced the spoke.
The wheel center shouldn't have shifted during this freebody swap,
but it had, so I corrected it.
I don't know if it was off to begin with,
but since I was fixing it anyway, it doesn't matter.
I was careful not to drop the nipple into the rim when replacing the spoke, but
I dropped it in anyway.
Nooooo, I messed up.
I had to remove the tire to retrieve the nipple.
It had rim cement, so I re-glued it properly.
I didn't charge for the tire work,
but I did take up the customer's time. I'm really sorry about that.
The tire was apparently mounted about a year ago, and
it peeled off pretty easily, so
re-gluing it might have been for the best! ←Stop making excuses, you fool