Today it's wheels again (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday. I built the rear wheel too.
The spokes turned out to be semi-competition grade.
To be precise, they became semi-competition grade.
32-hole, four-cross lacing pattern with spoke nipples visible.
With this rim's 28-hole version, there are certain years where
the spoke holes are drilled in reverse rim configuration, so watch out.
Even if the 28-hole is from a reverse rim era,
32-hole and others from the same period are normal rims, so
it's easy to miss.
Before tensioning the spokes, there was a gap at the rim seam, but
once built up, it disappeared.
For more on this (→here).
Note that the 28-hole rim in the linked post is a normal rim.
Continuing from yesterday. I built the rear wheel too.
The spokes turned out to be semi-competition grade.
To be precise, they became semi-competition grade.
32-hole, four-cross lacing pattern with spoke nipples visible.
With this rim's 28-hole version, there are certain years where
the spoke holes are drilled in reverse rim configuration, so watch out.
Even if the 28-hole is from a reverse rim era,
32-hole and others from the same period are normal rims, so
it's easy to miss.
Before tensioning the spokes, there was a gap at the rim seam, but
once built up, it disappeared.
For more on this (→here).
Note that the 28-hole rim in the linked post is a normal rim.