The day before yesterday, I built the wheel that I couldn't assemble before due to missing spokes.
The rim is an Ambrosio Montreal Métaille d'Or.
Regarding the name "Métaille d'Or,"
I received a comment saying
"la médaille d'or is French and
pronounced 'la médaille d'or'."
Just like in French cuisine where a round, medal-shaped cut of meat is called médaillon,
that's certainly true,
but there was a rim maker called Super Champion
(which was later acquired by Wolber),
and even though it's a French maker, for some reason it's not called "Shuperru Shanpion" in Japanese.
That Super Champion (often abbreviated as "Soochan") had a rim called "médaille d'or,"
but in the cycling world, it's become customary to write it in katakana as "Metador Oro,"
so I've gone with that name too.
It's probably because the import distributor at the time started using that spelling.
FH-6401 (actually 6402) hub, 32H, semi-competition 16-cross lacing with spoke-to-spoke connection.
When I spin the rear hub it makes a rattling sound,
but this is due to a small gap of about one ball bearing in the row of steel balls in the freebody's spinning section,
and it's caused by that gap changing position—it's not abnormal.
Also, I forgot to return the 9-speed sprocket that came with the 7400 Dura-Ace,
and the work gloves that were draped over it as a gear cover.
I'll include these in the shipment.
The rim is an Ambrosio Montreal Métaille d'Or.
Regarding the name "Métaille d'Or,"
I received a comment saying
"la médaille d'or is French and
pronounced 'la médaille d'or'."
Just like in French cuisine where a round, medal-shaped cut of meat is called médaillon,
that's certainly true,
but there was a rim maker called Super Champion
(which was later acquired by Wolber),
and even though it's a French maker, for some reason it's not called "Shuperru Shanpion" in Japanese.
That Super Champion (often abbreviated as "Soochan") had a rim called "médaille d'or,"
but in the cycling world, it's become customary to write it in katakana as "Metador Oro,"
so I've gone with that name too.
It's probably because the import distributor at the time started using that spelling.
FH-6401 (actually 6402) hub, 32H, semi-competition 16-cross lacing with spoke-to-spoke connection.
When I spin the rear hub it makes a rattling sound,
but this is due to a small gap of about one ball bearing in the row of steel balls in the freebody's spinning section,
and it's caused by that gap changing position—it's not abnormal.
Also, I forgot to return the 9-speed sprocket that came with the 7400 Dura-Ace,
and the work gloves that were draped over it as a gear cover.
I'll include these in the shipment.