A customer left me with a TOKEN wheel set for service.
It's a tubular rim with 55mm depth, so the model name is T55 (probably).
Both pairs belong to the same customer.
All the wheels were perfectly centered, and while there was some minor runout on a couple of them,
nothing that you'd describe as obviously out of true.
I found out afterward that these were inspected at another shop once before.
The rim's cosmetic graphics aren't stickers but printed directly on,
sothey can't be peeled off — they're nicely done.
But here's the twist — they're actually Echinox WH135 rims (※).
Looking at the rim manufacturing dates, one rear rim is from 2015
and the other three are from 2014.
The current model apparently has different cosmetics on the rims,
so these older graphics meant he could pick them up at a discount.
※ Readers of this blog have gotten pretty used to these kinds of revelations,
but this actually used to be quite taboo.
After doing that blatant comparison of the AERO80 (→here) and CC80 (→here),
I faced somebacklash (→here), but that feels like ancient history now.
Well, it was ancient history.
Both front and rear rims are WH135s, but since the rear wheel is built 2:1,
the outer-side spoke holes on the rear rim are correctly drilled left-left-right. Such meticulous work!
（The spokes exit right-right-left, so the outer-side holes are drilled left-left-right）
It's a tubular rim with 55mm depth, so the model name is T55 (probably).
Both pairs belong to the same customer.
All the wheels were perfectly centered, and while there was some minor runout on a couple of them,
nothing that you'd describe as obviously out of true.
I found out afterward that these were inspected at another shop once before.
The rim's cosmetic graphics aren't stickers but printed directly on,
so
But here's the twist — they're actually Echinox WH135 rims (※).
Looking at the rim manufacturing dates, one rear rim is from 2015
and the other three are from 2014.
The current model apparently has different cosmetics on the rims,
so these older graphics meant he could pick them up at a discount.
※ Readers of this blog have gotten pretty used to these kinds of revelations,
but this actually used to be quite taboo.
After doing that blatant comparison of the AERO80 (→here) and CC80 (→here),
I faced some
Well, it was ancient history.
Both front and rear rims are WH135s, but since the rear wheel is built 2:1,
the outer-side spoke holes on the rear rim are correctly drilled left-left-right. Such meticulous work!
（The spokes exit right-right-left, so the outer-side holes are drilled left-left-right）