Another day with wheels (and so on).
A customer brought in a silver rear wheel for repair.
The rim manufacturer is unknown. The hub is Novatech brand,
the spokes are 14-gauge plain, and the nipples are semi-long brass.
The lacing pattern is 32-hole, 6/6 Italian cross.
The rim was in terrible condition—like a bent potato chip—so truing was impossible.
We decided to replace the rim.
Since we had 14-gauge plain spokes, we could've cut down the drive-side spokes
and reused them for other lacing patterns like 46-spoke builds.
The spokes were Ritchey's brand from Taiwan,
but manufactured by Pillar.
We wanted to keep costs down when rebuilding the wheel,
but the spokes didn't feel reliable for reuse, so we decided against it.
We replaced everything except the hub.
AL22 (XR200) rim, 32-hole, fully Campagnolo 46-spoke lacing with no cross-tie, and aluminum nipples.
Since we sourced the rim from our shop rather than the customer bringing it in,
technically speaking, it's "Noms Lab Wheel No. 5 assembled with the customer's own hub."
A customer brought in a silver rear wheel for repair.
The rim manufacturer is unknown. The hub is Novatech brand,
the spokes are 14-gauge plain, and the nipples are semi-long brass.
The lacing pattern is 32-hole, 6/6 Italian cross.
The rim was in terrible condition—like a bent potato chip—so truing was impossible.
We decided to replace the rim.
Since we had 14-gauge plain spokes, we could've cut down the drive-side spokes
and reused them for other lacing patterns like 46-spoke builds.
The spokes were Ritchey's brand from Taiwan,
but manufactured by Pillar.
We wanted to keep costs down when rebuilding the wheel,
but the spokes didn't feel reliable for reuse, so we decided against it.
We replaced everything except the hub.
AL22 (XR200) rim, 32-hole, fully Campagnolo 46-spoke lacing with no cross-tie, and aluminum nipples.
Since we sourced the rim from our shop rather than the customer bringing it in,
technically speaking, it's "Noms Lab Wheel No. 5 assembled with the customer's own hub."