Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer dropped off an LWC carbon low-height rim rear wheel.
They wanted to see if we could make it feel a bit more solid and responsive.
It was built with a Leaf-like hub, 24H black full CX-RAY 4/0 lacing.
For this configuration, the spokes are tensioned well enough,
but it definitely felt a bit loose.
The rim was slightly off on the anti-freewheel side,
but that's not the direction it shifts with age, so it was built that way from the start.
All built.
Same rim and hub, built with black half-Comp 4/6 lacing with crossed pattern.
Unrelated to this, but a customer who had their Zentis rear wheel
rebuilt the same way came in today.
When I asked what changed after the rebuild,
they said the lateral stiffness definitely went up, and they never had spoke rub anymore.
I'm not sure if this LWC had spoke rub or not,
but what's certain is the stiffness increased dramatically.
↑before rebuild
↑rim
↑after rebuild
Because the spoke length increases and the weight distribution on the freewheel side becomes proportionally greater,
the rebuild added 20g to the overall weight.
We balance this weight increase against the stiffness improvement,
and hope the customer feels the rebuilt state is the better option.
A customer dropped off an LWC carbon low-height rim rear wheel.
They wanted to see if we could make it feel a bit more solid and responsive.
It was built with a Leaf-like hub, 24H black full CX-RAY 4/0 lacing.
For this configuration, the spokes are tensioned well enough,
but it definitely felt a bit loose.
The rim was slightly off on the anti-freewheel side,
but that's not the direction it shifts with age, so it was built that way from the start.
All built.
Same rim and hub, built with black half-Comp 4/6 lacing with crossed pattern.
Unrelated to this, but a customer who had their Zentis rear wheel
rebuilt the same way came in today.
When I asked what changed after the rebuild,
they said the lateral stiffness definitely went up, and they never had spoke rub anymore.
I'm not sure if this LWC had spoke rub or not,
but what's certain is the stiffness increased dramatically.
↑before rebuild
↑rim
↑after rebuild
Because the spoke length increases and the weight distribution on the freewheel side becomes proportionally greater,
the rebuild added 20g to the overall weight.
We balance this weight increase against the stiffness improvement,
and hope the customer feels the rebuilt state is the better option.