Another day, another wheel (and so on).
A customer dropped off a blue Vigor wheel with me.
They've only ridden it a little—basically brand new.
↑They want me to rebuild it with silver spokes instead of these black ones.
I wrote before that the biggest reason for that creaky noise on Rolf wheels on the non-drive side is the black spokes,
and they brought this wheel the very next day after that post.
Though to be fair, this wheel isn't actually making noise right now.
The reason is just that they think silver spokes look better with the blue rim.
The nipples are Pillar brand, I think, with some really thoughtfully designed aluminum nipples.
I had a really tough time with this wheel.
Just taking it apart and doing a trial build took longer than building a normal wheel from scratch.
But man, was it educational.
Got it built.
Semi-comp is fine with them, so semi-comp it is.
The drive side is all inpoke in a 2-cross pattern, and the non-drive side is all outpoke in a 2-cross pattern—
same as before the rebuild.
I was hoping to build both wheels today,
but work got too crazy and I only managed to get the rear wheel done.
By the way, Rolf wheels use a low spoke count with high tension
(low spoke count basically forces you into high tension),
so they can't really use super-light rims,
and sure enough, this one doesn't have a lightweight rim.
I was thinking it'd be around 500g, but
the actual measured weight contains some inconvenient truths, so
I literally can't write the real number here.
I'm serious, I really can't write this one.
Soooorry for the wait!
Please take a look at this image!
↑NOPE NOPE NOPE!
A customer dropped off a blue Vigor wheel with me.
They've only ridden it a little—basically brand new.
↑They want me to rebuild it with silver spokes instead of these black ones.
I wrote before that the biggest reason for that creaky noise on Rolf wheels on the non-drive side is the black spokes,
and they brought this wheel the very next day after that post.
Though to be fair, this wheel isn't actually making noise right now.
The reason is just that they think silver spokes look better with the blue rim.
The nipples are Pillar brand, I think, with some really thoughtfully designed aluminum nipples.
I had a really tough time with this wheel.
Just taking it apart and doing a trial build took longer than building a normal wheel from scratch.
But man, was it educational.
Got it built.
Semi-comp is fine with them, so semi-comp it is.
The drive side is all inpoke in a 2-cross pattern, and the non-drive side is all outpoke in a 2-cross pattern—
same as before the rebuild.
I was hoping to build both wheels today,
but work got too crazy and I only managed to get the rear wheel done.
By the way, Rolf wheels use a low spoke count with high tension
(low spoke count basically forces you into high tension),
so they can't really use super-light rims,
and sure enough, this one doesn't have a lightweight rim.
I was thinking it'd be around 500g, but
the actual measured weight contains some inconvenient truths, so
I literally can't write the real number here.
I'm serious, I really can't write this one.
Soooorry for the wait!
Please take a look at this image!
↑NOPE NOPE NOPE!