A customer brought in a Racing Zero Carbon (high-end racing bike) for service.
I inspected the rear wheel first, and
it was built so perfectly it was almost hard to believe — like someone had really pushed the limits hanging it from a stand.
I just watched it spin on the truing stand and called it done.
The front wheel is a high-end Fulcrum wheelset, and for the first time in a while
I found actual hub centering issues — the center gauge showed clear play.
I was able to explain to the customer "this is what hub centering offset looks like,"
and honestly? I felt relieved about that.
If both wheels came back with "nothing wrong at all! All set!" even if that were true,
the customer would probably start worrying "is he really actually checking this properly?"
That's the strange part about this job.
I inspected the rear wheel first, and
it was built so perfectly it was almost hard to believe — like someone had really pushed the limits hanging it from a stand.
I just watched it spin on the truing stand and called it done.
The front wheel is a high-end Fulcrum wheelset, and for the first time in a while
I found actual hub centering issues — the center gauge showed clear play.
I was able to explain to the customer "this is what hub centering offset looks like,"
and honestly? I felt relieved about that.
If both wheels came back with "nothing wrong at all! All set!" even if that were true,
the customer would probably start worrying "is he really actually checking this properly?"
That's the strange part about this job.