Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer brought in the front wheel from a Controltech carbon wheel.
Apparently they thought they'd bought an 18H but it turned out to be 16H,
and they wanted me to rebuild it with a Shimano RS80 front hub (16H).
I carefully unwound about half the spokes,
then cut them once the tension was relieved.
The original spokes were black CX-RAY with a head-break design,
and they were laced to oddly-shaped reverse nipples with spoke washers
that had the edge portion removed.
Even though they're called spoke washers, the inner diameter wasn't 2.0mm—
they were quite loose on the spokes.
The spoke length was obviously too long, so if the customer had asked for
just tightening things up, it probably wouldn't have been possible.
The spoke ends were bottoming out.
This Controltech brand hub is dimensionally a bit smaller than the RS80, but
that's not the main concern—
What bothers me is how small the contact surface with the fork dropout is.
It's built.
The spokes are straight-pull black CX-RAY.
I didn't carefully measure the tension on the original wheel,
but according to the customer, the rebuilt one is "singing like a bell!,"
so the original must have been pretty slack.
The rim is an Equinox (エキノックス), a 2010 model.
I just remembered how back in the day, the serial number stickers used to have
a holographic finish.
A customer brought in the front wheel from a Controltech carbon wheel.
Apparently they thought they'd bought an 18H but it turned out to be 16H,
and they wanted me to rebuild it with a Shimano RS80 front hub (16H).
I carefully unwound about half the spokes,
then cut them once the tension was relieved.
The original spokes were black CX-RAY with a head-break design,
and they were laced to oddly-shaped reverse nipples with spoke washers
that had the edge portion removed.
Even though they're called spoke washers, the inner diameter wasn't 2.0mm—
they were quite loose on the spokes.
The spoke length was obviously too long, so if the customer had asked for
just tightening things up, it probably wouldn't have been possible.
The spoke ends were bottoming out.
This Controltech brand hub is dimensionally a bit smaller than the RS80, but
that's not the main concern—
What bothers me is how small the contact surface with the fork dropout is.
It's built.
The spokes are straight-pull black CX-RAY.
I didn't carefully measure the tension on the original wheel,
but according to the customer, the rebuilt one is "singing like a bell!,"
so the original must have been pretty slack.
The rim is an Equinox (エキノックス), a 2010 model.
I just remembered how back in the day, the serial number stickers used to have
a holographic finish.