I've run out of boxes for regional shipments.
Planning to restock on Monday.
A customer's PowerTap hub arrived.
I'll disassemble and clean it while building the wheel.
The bearings weren't damaged at all,
so I'm just cleaning and greasing them
before reassembly.
In the photo above I haven't applied anything to the freehub pawls,
but in practice I apply grease as needed.
And it's done.
The customer also ordered the Nomulab Wheel #1 front wheel at the same time,
so I'll ship them together.
Built 4-cross pattern.
With this hub, the instructions say not to use radial or 2-cross patterns.
Not that I would anyway.
For rigidity, I deliberately used 2.0mm plain on the freewheel side.
Since the hub weighs over 400g, there's no point in obsessing over the weight feel.
The spoke weight ratio between left and right comes to 90.3:100.
That roughly 10% difference is significant. It clearly shows in how the wheel feels when building.
Separately, I shipped out a pair of Nomulab Wheel #1s.
I did the "materials are ready so I can build this today" routine again.
Saying things like that might make me look responsive,
but honestly this has no custom elements — it's just stock spec,
so it's my fault for not having stock ready.
Keeping up with building display models is tough.
Currently I only have stock for the front, so I'll build the rear tomorrow (hopefully).
And I've run out of boxes.
I've confirmed that you can't read the address even if you enlarge the image. Rest assured.
Planning to restock on Monday.
A customer's PowerTap hub arrived.
I'll disassemble and clean it while building the wheel.
The bearings weren't damaged at all,
so I'm just cleaning and greasing them
before reassembly.
In the photo above I haven't applied anything to the freehub pawls,
but in practice I apply grease as needed.
And it's done.
The customer also ordered the Nomulab Wheel #1 front wheel at the same time,
so I'll ship them together.
Built 4-cross pattern.
With this hub, the instructions say not to use radial or 2-cross patterns.
Not that I would anyway.
For rigidity, I deliberately used 2.0mm plain on the freewheel side.
Since the hub weighs over 400g, there's no point in obsessing over the weight feel.
The spoke weight ratio between left and right comes to 90.3:100.
That roughly 10% difference is significant. It clearly shows in how the wheel feels when building.
Separately, I shipped out a pair of Nomulab Wheel #1s.
I did the "materials are ready so I can build this today" routine again.
Saying things like that might make me look responsive,
but honestly this has no custom elements — it's just stock spec,
so it's my fault for not having stock ready.
Keeping up with building display models is tough.
Currently I only have stock for the front, so I'll build the rear tomorrow (hopefully).
And I've run out of boxes.
I've confirmed that you can't read the address even if you enlarge the image. Rest assured.