Another day of wheel building (and so on).
Built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel #2 with Gokiso hubs.
18-hole, black CX-RAY anti-radial lacing.
This hub has flanges that protrude from the hub body in a shape like a windswept pine tree,
so dimensionally, even though the hub flange is located near directly below the bearing,
it maximizes suppression of the phenomenon where bearing preload loosens
due to spoke tension.
In other words, even with radial lacing,
I suspect the bearings shouldn't develop problems,
but given that the spoke holes are quite far inboard relative to the flange
and the flange angle and hole shape (countersink depth) suggest
it's not designed for radial lacing, I went with anti-radial throughout.
With EvoLite hubs, radial lacing isn't impossible either.
However, since they use a press-fit design with no bearing adjustment function,
if play develops, there's nothing you can do about it.
With EvoLite hubs, we could reduce bearing play by machining the shaft inside the hub body, but...
The Star front hub's flange ring probably incorporates these same considerations,
but for the front wheel in the image above, I chickened out and went anti-radial throughout.
Since it's an experimental wheel and not for sale, it would have been fine to try it.
Among the experimental and team-issue wheels I built this year,
quite a few use Star hubs.
Regardless of their merits, they're interesting hubs.
I've figured out most of what there is to know, though, so I'm getting bored with them.
Built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel #2 with Gokiso hubs.
18-hole, black CX-RAY anti-radial lacing.
This hub has flanges that protrude from the hub body in a shape like a windswept pine tree,
so dimensionally, even though the hub flange is located near directly below the bearing,
it maximizes suppression of the phenomenon where bearing preload loosens
due to spoke tension.
In other words, even with radial lacing,
I suspect the bearings shouldn't develop problems,
but given that the spoke holes are quite far inboard relative to the flange
and the flange angle and hole shape (countersink depth) suggest
it's not designed for radial lacing, I went with anti-radial throughout.
With EvoLite hubs, radial lacing isn't impossible either.
However, since they use a press-fit design with no bearing adjustment function,
if play develops, there's nothing you can do about it.
With EvoLite hubs, we could reduce bearing play by machining the shaft inside the hub body, but...
The Star front hub's flange ring probably incorporates these same considerations,
but for the front wheel in the image above, I chickened out and went anti-radial throughout.
Since it's an experimental wheel and not for sale, it would have been fine to try it.
quite a few use Star hubs.
Regardless of their merits, they're interesting hubs.
I've figured out most of what there is to know, though, so I'm getting bored with them.