Another wheel day (and so on).
Built the Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5.
I think I've written about this before, but
I basically never build wheels with intentionally loose spoke tension.
If I'm going to adjust things based on—like, using it for brevets, or cyclocross, or the rider being light—
I change the spoke gauge and spoke count instead.
And honestly, ride feel can be tuned quite a bit with tire width and air pressure.
So this front rim only comes in 18H,
and thinking about the customer's build, I'd prefer to use CX instead of CX-RAY.
If the spokes came in silver, I could just grab CX and build it right away,
but like I mentioned the other day, we're out of stock.
Just before building, I asked the customer,
"Black spokes look cooler, right? (※)"
and they went with it, so I prioritized the looks and built it with black CX-RAY spokes.
Evolite hub, 18H, outpoke radial lacing.
Rear wheel is Evolite hub, 24H, black half-Comp 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the dishing later.
The wheel I built the other day had identical materials,
but there's a subtle difference in the details, so I need to be careful not to mix them up.
※I don't really care either way
Built the Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5.
I think I've written about this before, but
I basically never build wheels with intentionally loose spoke tension.
If I'm going to adjust things based on—like, using it for brevets, or cyclocross, or the rider being light—
I change the spoke gauge and spoke count instead.
And honestly, ride feel can be tuned quite a bit with tire width and air pressure.
So this front rim only comes in 18H,
and thinking about the customer's build, I'd prefer to use CX instead of CX-RAY.
If the spokes came in silver, I could just grab CX and build it right away,
but like I mentioned the other day, we're out of stock.
Just before building, I asked the customer,
"Black spokes look cooler, right? (※)"
and they went with it, so I prioritized the looks and built it with black CX-RAY spokes.
Evolite hub, 18H, outpoke radial lacing.
Rear wheel is Evolite hub, 24H, black half-Comp 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the dishing later.
The wheel I built the other day had identical materials,
but there's a subtle difference in the details, so I need to be careful not to mix them up.
※I don't really care either way