A customer dropped off a Spinergy Zero Light for me to work on.
The complaint was about wobbling in the wheels.
The front wheel had a slight centering issue and minimal wobble.
The rear wheel had a spot with some pretty significant wobble,
and I think that's what the customer was referring to—it straightened out fairly quickly.
What was actually trickier was that the rear wheel had even more centering problems than the front,
with the rim pulled toward the anti-freewheel side, so correcting that took some effort.
The rim tape had some dents, but I wouldn't have replaced it just for that.
But there was a section at the edge of the rim holes that was starting to fold under, so I replaced both front and rear tape.
That crease visible at the bottom of the image came from the tape catching on the rim's bead hook edge—
the tape width was too narrow to begin with and didn't fit properly.
This rear hub uses a 6mm Allen key socket for the axle end nuts—which is unusual since most are 5mm—
which means the quick release spring gets a bit compressed by that.
As long as you get the orientation right, it's not a problem though.
By the way, the customer came from quite a distance away (outside Osaka prefecture) to have this wheel serviced.
They mentioned that there aren't many places that can work on these special wheels.
But honestly, as long as you have the right tools, the work itself isn't particularly difficult,
so I don't think that's really an issue.
Speaking of which, the reason our shop has these Zero Light tools in the first place
was because a customer's Zero Light got totally mangled when they took it to Silvest Cycle,
and we ended up fixing it as a favor to a friend.
The complaint was about wobbling in the wheels.
The front wheel had a slight centering issue and minimal wobble.
The rear wheel had a spot with some pretty significant wobble,
and I think that's what the customer was referring to—it straightened out fairly quickly.
What was actually trickier was that the rear wheel had even more centering problems than the front,
with the rim pulled toward the anti-freewheel side, so correcting that took some effort.
The rim tape had some dents, but I wouldn't have replaced it just for that.
But there was a section at the edge of the rim holes that was starting to fold under, so I replaced both front and rear tape.
That crease visible at the bottom of the image came from the tape catching on the rim's bead hook edge—
the tape width was too narrow to begin with and didn't fit properly.
This rear hub uses a 6mm Allen key socket for the axle end nuts—which is unusual since most are 5mm—
which means the quick release spring gets a bit compressed by that.
As long as you get the orientation right, it's not a problem though.
By the way, the customer came from quite a distance away (outside Osaka prefecture) to have this wheel serviced.
They mentioned that there aren't many places that can work on these special wheels.
But honestly, as long as you have the right tools, the work itself isn't particularly difficult,
so I don't think that's really an issue.
Speaking of which, the reason our shop has these Zero Light tools in the first place
was because a customer's Zero Light got totally mangled when they took it to Silvest Cycle,
and we ended up fixing it as a favor to a friend.