Back to wheel building today (etc.).
A customer left me a PowerTap hub rear wheel to work on.
I built the previous version for them as well,
and the one before that was also built by me (→here).
Back then I was out of stock on XR200 32H rims,
so I borrowed my own Open Pro to build them a rear wheel,
but this time I'm rebuilding it onto the Nomulabo Wheel No. 5.
The PowerTap freewheel body uses a loose push-fit design,
so when the weight of the sprocket shakes it, it ends up like this.
In fact, when the box arrived, the sprocket and freewheel had come loose and were rolling around at the bottom.
↑The spokes are dirty.
Since it's 32H, I went with all CX-RAY spokes,
and after the rebuild I'll stick with all CX-RAY with red aluminum nipples.
I won't reuse the spokes and nipples.
The rim will go toward prototype wheel building (though it was meant for that originally anyway).
I cleaned the ratchet on the freewheel body.
Built.
Elite Plus Hub 32H, all CX-RAY, 48-spoke 2-cross laced with spoke leadouts attached.
I mentioned earlier that it's "all CX-RAY because it's 32H,"
but the same customer's 24H rear wheel on the Nomulabo Wheel No. 5 uses semi-competition lacing.
A customer left me a PowerTap hub rear wheel to work on.
I built the previous version for them as well,
and the one before that was also built by me (→here).
Back then I was out of stock on XR200 32H rims,
so I borrowed my own Open Pro to build them a rear wheel,
but this time I'm rebuilding it onto the Nomulabo Wheel No. 5.
The PowerTap freewheel body uses a loose push-fit design,
so when the weight of the sprocket shakes it, it ends up like this.
In fact, when the box arrived, the sprocket and freewheel had come loose and were rolling around at the bottom.
↑The spokes are dirty.
Since it's 32H, I went with all CX-RAY spokes,
and after the rebuild I'll stick with all CX-RAY with red aluminum nipples.
I won't reuse the spokes and nipples.
The rim will go toward prototype wheel building (though it was meant for that originally anyway).
I cleaned the ratchet on the freewheel body.
Built.
Elite Plus Hub 32H, all CX-RAY, 48-spoke 2-cross laced with spoke leadouts attached.
I mentioned earlier that it's "all CX-RAY because it's 32H,"
but the same customer's 24H rear wheel on the Nomulabo Wheel No. 5 uses semi-competition lacing.