Another day with wheels (and so on).
About a month behind my partner's rear wheel (→here), I finally got the front wheel built.
This customer is extremely busy, so
they can only visit the shop a few times a year.
Previously it was late August, and the next visit (planned) is late October.
If all the parts had arrived by late August, I would've built both wheels then,
but since the front wheel didn't make it, I took my time building it.
PMP hub, 28H, CX outpoke radial lacing.
Colima rims from this period typically have reverse-drilled holes,
but this rim must be outsourced from Ambrosio because
it had standard hole drilling. That said, it's not much of an issue for radial lacing anyway.
I went with CX spokes because the hub had slotted holes.
I processed 266mm CX spokes for this wheel build, but
I ran short on stock, so I placed an order—
and CX-RAY arrived.
Since I ordered through the supplier's website, I must've clicked the wrong item.
CX-RAY 266mm is also a length I use often, so the accidental order didn't cause any real damage.
Wanting to avoid repeating this mistake, I carefully reordered—
and CX-RAY arrived again.
Noooooooo what the—
I'm thinking, "Could there possibly be some system glitch where
clicking 'CX 266mm' somehow registers as ordering
CX-RAY 266mm'?" So I carefully ordered again—
and CX finally arrived.
So yeah, both previous times were my own mistakes.
This time was an accidental order, but
when I buy things like aluminum nipples (→here) or Junction B (→here)
I sometimes buy in pretty unusual quantities,
and if I'd accidentally ordered those, it would've been a real disaster.
About a month behind my partner's rear wheel (→here), I finally got the front wheel built.
This customer is extremely busy, so
they can only visit the shop a few times a year.
Previously it was late August, and the next visit (planned) is late October.
If all the parts had arrived by late August, I would've built both wheels then,
but since the front wheel didn't make it, I took my time building it.
PMP hub, 28H, CX outpoke radial lacing.
Colima rims from this period typically have reverse-drilled holes,
but this rim must be outsourced from Ambrosio because
it had standard hole drilling. That said, it's not much of an issue for radial lacing anyway.
I went with CX spokes because the hub had slotted holes.
I processed 266mm CX spokes for this wheel build, but
I ran short on stock, so I placed an order—
and CX-RAY arrived.
Since I ordered through the supplier's website, I must've clicked the wrong item.
CX-RAY 266mm is also a length I use often, so the accidental order didn't cause any real damage.
Wanting to avoid repeating this mistake, I carefully reordered—
and CX-RAY arrived again.
Noooooooo what the—
I'm thinking, "Could there possibly be some system glitch where
clicking 'CX 266mm' somehow registers as ordering
CX-RAY 266mm'?" So I carefully ordered again—
and CX finally arrived.
So yeah, both previous times were my own mistakes.
This time was an accidental order, but
when I buy things like aluminum nipples (→here) or Junction B (→here)
I sometimes buy in pretty unusual quantities,
and if I'd accidentally ordered those, it would've been a real disaster.