Another day, another wheel (and so on).
I built the Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5.
I think I've mentioned this before, but
I don't make a habit of intentionally loosening spoke tension when I build wheels.
If it's for brevets, cyclocross use, or the rider is light, I'll adjust those factors instead—by changing spoke gauge and spoke count.
As for ride feel, that can be adjusted quite a bit with tire width and air pressure.
So with this front rim only having an 18H option,
considering the customer's build, I'd prefer CX over CX-RAY.
If the spokes came in silver, I could use CX and build it right away,
but as I wrote the other day, we don't have that in stock.
When I checked with the customer just before building,
they said "black spokes look cooler, right? (※)"
so I prioritized the look and built it with black CX-RAY spokes.
Evolite hub, 18H, radial laced.
The rear wheel is Evolite hub, 24H, black half-Comp, four-cross lacing.
I'll do the truing later.
The wheel I built the other day uses exactly the same materials,
but there are subtle differences in setup, so I need to be careful not to mix them up.
※Personally, I don't really care either way
I built the Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5.
I think I've mentioned this before, but
I don't make a habit of intentionally loosening spoke tension when I build wheels.
If it's for brevets, cyclocross use, or the rider is light, I'll adjust those factors instead—by changing spoke gauge and spoke count.
As for ride feel, that can be adjusted quite a bit with tire width and air pressure.
So with this front rim only having an 18H option,
considering the customer's build, I'd prefer CX over CX-RAY.
If the spokes came in silver, I could use CX and build it right away,
but as I wrote the other day, we don't have that in stock.
When I checked with the customer just before building,
they said "black spokes look cooler, right? (※)"
so I prioritized the look and built it with black CX-RAY spokes.
Evolite hub, 18H, radial laced.
The rear wheel is Evolite hub, 24H, black half-Comp, four-cross lacing.
I'll do the truing later.
The wheel I built the other day uses exactly the same materials,
but there are subtle differences in setup, so I need to be careful not to mix them up.
※Personally, I don't really care either way