Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer dropped off a rear wheel with me.
Actually, they kind of abandoned it here without asking.
It's built with an ENVE 1-45 rim and a Chris King R45 hub,
but the customer mentioned the other day that the rear wheel felt loose.
It's built 24H with black CX-RAY spokes in a 4-cross Italian lacing pattern.
I definitely thought it felt loose too, but
rebuilding seemed like a pain, so I came up with excuses about how it probably rides smoothly and all that,
and sent them home with it.
But later, when they actually used it in a race, they said the wheel wasn't responsive enough
and that it even started rubbing on the chainstay under hard pedaling, so they brought it back again.
I was surprised about the chainstay rub, but I already knew it was loose.
I tried to steer them toward "maybe just use it for casual cycling?"
and made various other excuses to avoid rebuilding it,
but in the end I had to accept the job.
The front wheel uses the same Chris King hub
and is built 20H with black CX-RAY spokes in a radial lacing pattern,
and that one was properly tensioned.
But the rear wheel, starting from the freewheel side, wasn't even tensioned near the ENVE's upper limit,
which left the non-freewheel side all floppy.
If I'd just done a simple retensioning, it might have improved slightly.
But I ended up having to completely rebuild it with new spokes and a new lacing pattern.
Rebuilt.
If you're reading this, please come pick it up soon.
Black Campagnolo Componenti spokes in a 4-cross Italian lacing with drivetrain-side bracing.
Even just past the rough build stage,
I'd already exceeded the spoke tension of the non-freewheel side from before the rebuild.
It's a shame this hub isn't a high-flange design,
but other than that it has no weaknesses.
The spoke selection and lacing pattern are, I think, the optimal solution for these materials.
A customer dropped off a rear wheel with me.
Actually, they kind of abandoned it here without asking.
It's built with an ENVE 1-45 rim and a Chris King R45 hub,
but the customer mentioned the other day that the rear wheel felt loose.
It's built 24H with black CX-RAY spokes in a 4-cross Italian lacing pattern.
I definitely thought it felt loose too, but
and sent them home with it.
But later, when they actually used it in a race, they said the wheel wasn't responsive enough
and that it even started rubbing on the chainstay under hard pedaling, so they brought it back again.
I tried to steer them toward "maybe just use it for casual cycling?"
and made various other excuses to avoid rebuilding it,
but in the end I had to accept the job.
The front wheel uses the same Chris King hub
and is built 20H with black CX-RAY spokes in a radial lacing pattern,
and that one was properly tensioned.
But the rear wheel, starting from the freewheel side, wasn't even tensioned near the ENVE's upper limit,
which left the non-freewheel side all floppy.
If I'd just done a simple retensioning, it might have improved slightly.
But I ended up having to completely rebuild it with new spokes and a new lacing pattern.
Rebuilt.
If you're reading this, please come pick it up soon.
Black Campagnolo Componenti spokes in a 4-cross Italian lacing with drivetrain-side bracing.
Even just past the rough build stage,
I'd already exceeded the spoke tension of the non-freewheel side from before the rebuild.
It's a shame this hub isn't a high-flange design,
but other than that it has no weaknesses.
The spoke selection and lacing pattern are, I think, the optimal solution for these materials.