Built the rear wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
FH-6700 hub, 32H, fully Comp Campagnolo lacing with cross-lacing.
I think it's better to do cross-lacing, but the customer said
that if I thought it wasn't necessary, I didn't have to do it.
For a local customer, I could have them ride it without cross-lacing for a while
as an option, but since they're from far away, I went ahead and did it.
And just some random shop talk, but the previous 6600 hubs
came in 24H specifications for both front and rear.
Having 24H hubs at the Altus grade was
very useful for building training wheels,
but since the 6700, the 24H specification is gone,
so it feels like they've completely cut out the demand for hand-built wheels
outside of Dura-Ace hubs.
I guess they think it's only needed for complete bike economy wheels,
because they stock 32H and 36H hubs diligently all the way down through
105, Tiagra, Sora, and Claris—a pointless lineup—when they'd be better off
offering 24H hubs in Altus and 105 instead.
When you build a hand-built wheel at Tiagra grade or below,
just the materials alone exceed the price of Shimano's cheapest wheel,
so without even counting labor, it becomes economically impossible
to incorporate hand-built wheels into complete bikes.
The cheapest wheel I'm referring to here would be the WH-R501 price-wise,
but if it's the 11-speed freebody specification, that would be the WH-RS010.
Even then, it's still cheaper than a hand-built wheel, so the situation doesn't change much.
I think the "RS" in RS010 stands for "Road Series,"
but the current road hubs are:
Altus at 6800, 105 at 5800, Sora at 3500, and Claris at 2400—
all matching the component numbering directly—
but the Tiagra hub has the off-grade model number RS400.
（The 9100 series Dura-Ace doesn't even have hub offerings）
And only the RS400 hub comes in a 28H specification.
If I were to build Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 or No. 5 with this,
I should be able to put it together for around ¥39,000 (tax included),
so rather than spending ¥40,000 on a Shimano wheel（—that's actual retail, so ¥50,000 list price）
I'm confident I could build you a wheel that's better value than that
（except I don't have the time）.
FH-6700 hub, 32H, fully Comp Campagnolo lacing with cross-lacing.
I think it's better to do cross-lacing, but the customer said
that if I thought it wasn't necessary, I didn't have to do it.
For a local customer, I could have them ride it without cross-lacing for a while
as an option, but since they're from far away, I went ahead and did it.
And just some random shop talk, but the previous 6600 hubs
came in 24H specifications for both front and rear.
Having 24H hubs at the Altus grade was
very useful for building training wheels,
but since the 6700, the 24H specification is gone,
so it feels like they've completely cut out the demand for hand-built wheels
outside of Dura-Ace hubs.
I guess they think it's only needed for complete bike economy wheels,
because they stock 32H and 36H hubs diligently all the way down through
105, Tiagra, Sora, and Claris—a pointless lineup—when they'd be better off
offering 24H hubs in Altus and 105 instead.
When you build a hand-built wheel at Tiagra grade or below,
just the materials alone exceed the price of Shimano's cheapest wheel,
so without even counting labor, it becomes economically impossible
to incorporate hand-built wheels into complete bikes.
The cheapest wheel I'm referring to here would be the WH-R501 price-wise,
but if it's the 11-speed freebody specification, that would be the WH-RS010.
Even then, it's still cheaper than a hand-built wheel, so the situation doesn't change much.
I think the "RS" in RS010 stands for "Road Series,"
but the current road hubs are:
Altus at 6800, 105 at 5800, Sora at 3500, and Claris at 2400—
all matching the component numbering directly—
but the Tiagra hub has the off-grade model number RS400.
（The 9100 series Dura-Ace doesn't even have hub offerings）
And only the RS400 hub comes in a 28H specification.
If I were to build Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 or No. 5 with this,
I should be able to put it together for around ¥39,000 (tax included),
so rather than spending ¥40,000 on a Shimano wheel（—that's actual retail, so ¥50,000 list price）
I'm confident I could build you a wheel that's better value than that
（except I don't have the time）.