A customer brought in a Cosmic Carbon 40 for service.
This is a separate matter from the previous post
This one is a WO spec.
With WO spec, the structure is a bit complex,
so the nipples have a special shape too.
Of all things, the rim had shifted toward the anti-freewheel side.
With the freewheel-side spokes tensioned so tightly,
the rim won't move sideways easily no matter how much more tension you apply.
It took a bit of effort to true it up properly.
By the way, regarding how the images in this blog showing "gauges being applied"
are always Mavic wheels—I felt like I was getting pressure from the thought police,
but that's probably just my imagination.
This is a separate matter from the previous post
This one is a WO spec.
With WO spec, the structure is a bit complex,
so the nipples have a special shape too.
Of all things, the rim had shifted toward the anti-freewheel side.
With the freewheel-side spokes tensioned so tightly,
the rim won't move sideways easily no matter how much more tension you apply.
It took a bit of effort to true it up properly.
By the way, regarding how the images in this blog showing "gauges being applied"
are always Mavic wheels—I felt like I was getting pressure from the thought police,
but that's probably just my imagination.