Wheels again today (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday.
The rear wheel uses an FH-7900 32H hub with
spokes that stick like crazy to a magnet—genuine Starbrite,
and it's built with a straightpull JIS lacing pattern.
Yesterday's front wheel had decent tension, but for some reason this one's feeling a bit loose.
I've built it with shorter spoke length, but if I tension it up,
the spoke ends might come pretty close to flush with the slot.
On the non-freewheel side it looked like this,
and I used the same spoke length on both sides—a bit of a shortcut—
but both sides ended up looking the same.
Built.
32H, full 4-cross lacing pattern.
I'll do the spoke twisting later.
Yesterday's front wheel rim had similar buckling marks,
but the rear wheel has more deformation.
I did some straightening, but it might show up slightly in the brake feel.
Continuing from yesterday.
The rear wheel uses an FH-7900 32H hub with
spokes that stick like crazy to a magnet—genuine Starbrite,
and it's built with a straightpull JIS lacing pattern.
Yesterday's front wheel had decent tension, but for some reason this one's feeling a bit loose.
I've built it with shorter spoke length, but if I tension it up,
the spoke ends might come pretty close to flush with the slot.
On the non-freewheel side it looked like this,
and I used the same spoke length on both sides—a bit of a shortcut—
but both sides ended up looking the same.
Built.
32H, full 4-cross lacing pattern.
I'll do the spoke twisting later.
Yesterday's front wheel rim had similar buckling marks,
but the rear wheel has more deformation.
I did some straightening, but it might show up slightly in the brake feel.