Another day of wheel building (and so on).
Built a wheel with Equinox carbon WO rims.
The front wheel is a Chris King R45 hub, 20H, black CX-RAY spokes, laced radial (non-drive side).
The rear wheel is the same R45 hub, 24H, black, semi-comp lacing with spoke nipple wrapping.
Initially the customer requested CX-RAY spokes all around,
but I switched it to semi-comp lacing.
Since they prioritized rigidity,
I felt it was more important to increase spoke tension on the non-drive side
rather than save the roughly 17 grams of weight from using all CX-RAY versus semi-comp.
Besides, with the rim weighing 518 grams,
worrying about 17 grams in spokes seems pointless.
If you don't like the silver color of the spoke nipple wrapping,
feel free to paint over it with a permanent marker.
The rims are Equinox WH151.
Based on the serial numbers, the front rim is from 2014 (shown in the image above),
and the rear rim is from 2013.
The bead hooks are nice and thick, but because of that
the rim's internal width is wider, so the outer holes lack proper hole relief,
and my tools scrape against the sides.
It's not a huge deal, but
on the Nomu Lab Wheel #2 rim (WH108)
the outer side has distinct hole relief, so I noticed the difference a bit.
I mentioned before that the Chris King disc front hub has its logo upside down,
but this R45 hub also has the ball bearing adjustment nut on the right side when the logo faces upright,
so maybe Chris King front hubs are meant to be built with the logo reversed after all.
As for me, I always build them with the logo right-side up—unless it's a disc hub.
For the rear hub, whether it's the disc hub or the R45 hub,
the logo appears right-side up when viewed from the non-drive side.
Built a wheel with Equinox carbon WO rims.
The front wheel is a Chris King R45 hub, 20H, black CX-RAY spokes, laced radial (non-drive side).
The rear wheel is the same R45 hub, 24H, black, semi-comp lacing with spoke nipple wrapping.
Initially the customer requested CX-RAY spokes all around,
but I switched it to semi-comp lacing.
Since they prioritized rigidity,
I felt it was more important to increase spoke tension on the non-drive side
rather than save the roughly 17 grams of weight from using all CX-RAY versus semi-comp.
Besides, with the rim weighing 518 grams,
worrying about 17 grams in spokes seems pointless.
If you don't like the silver color of the spoke nipple wrapping,
feel free to paint over it with a permanent marker.
The rims are Equinox WH151.
Based on the serial numbers, the front rim is from 2014 (shown in the image above),
and the rear rim is from 2013.
The bead hooks are nice and thick, but because of that
the rim's internal width is wider, so the outer holes lack proper hole relief,
and my tools scrape against the sides.
It's not a huge deal, but
on the Nomu Lab Wheel #2 rim (WH108)
the outer side has distinct hole relief, so I noticed the difference a bit.
I mentioned before that the Chris King disc front hub has its logo upside down,
but this R45 hub also has the ball bearing adjustment nut on the right side when the logo faces upright,
so maybe Chris King front hubs are meant to be built with the logo reversed after all.
As for me, I always build them with the logo right-side up—unless it's a disc hub.
For the rear hub, whether it's the disc hub or the R45 hub,
the logo appears right-side up when viewed from the non-drive side.