Another day, another wheel build (and so on).
I built Nomu Lab Wheel #1 using a White Industries T11 hub.
20H CX-RAY straight-pull spokes, radial lacing.
Not on all models, but White hubs often have flanges that curve toward the rim.
↑From the inside
↑From the outside
↑From directly above
Maybe they weren't planning for it, but it seems like this hub might be designed for straight-pull spokes.
There's a hole at the end of the hub body for a wrench to access the set screw that secures the end nut. On rear hubs, the structural design requires this hole to always be on the non-freehub side. So if we treat the side with this hole as the "assumed left side" on a front hub too...
On the older H2 front hub (top image), the logo on the hub shell reads backwards. On the current T11 front hub, they changed it so the logo reads in the correct direction. It's not capricious or a mistake—both designs are always this way. (On rear hubs, the logo reads correctly regardless of the era.)
With disk-brake-equipped hubs, the side with the disk mount is definitely—not just "assumed" to be—the left side. On current models, both front and rear have the disk mount on the left side, which results in the logo reading correctly.
I built Nomu Lab Wheel #1 using a White Industries T11 hub.
20H CX-RAY straight-pull spokes, radial lacing.
Not on all models, but White hubs often have flanges that curve toward the rim.
↑From the inside
↑From the outside
↑From directly above
Maybe they weren't planning for it, but it seems like this hub might be designed for straight-pull spokes.
There's a hole at the end of the hub body for a wrench to access the set screw that secures the end nut. On rear hubs, the structural design requires this hole to always be on the non-freehub side. So if we treat the side with this hole as the "assumed left side" on a front hub too...
On the older H2 front hub (top image), the logo on the hub shell reads backwards. On the current T11 front hub, they changed it so the logo reads in the correct direction. It's not capricious or a mistake—both designs are always this way. (On rear hubs, the logo reads correctly regardless of the era.)
With disk-brake-equipped hubs, the side with the disk mount is definitely—not just "assumed" to be—the left side. On current models, both front and rear have the disk mount on the left side, which results in the logo reading correctly.