I took in a Reynolds Attack rear wheel from a customer.
This wheel had a lot of loose nipples on the rear, but
this time they came completely loose and fell inside the rim.
I could degrease the nipples or replace them,
and apply threadlocker to the spoke threads
to prevent loosening at those spots.
I've done that until the loosening stopped,
I've completely disassembled and reassembled it,
and I've even swapped out the rear hub itself, changing from a 4/0 lacing pattern (anti-freewheel side radial) to a 4/6 pattern.
This time too, everything except the rim needed to be rebuilt.
All built up.
Black hub, 24 spokes, black half-comp 4/6 lacing with cross-lacing.
The nipples could have been reused,
but considering the hassle of degreasing, it was faster to swap them for new DT ones,
so this time everything except the rim is different parts.
I paused work on the Open Pro tubular from the previous post
and built this one right in front of the customer.
This wheel had a lot of loose nipples on the rear, but
this time they came completely loose and fell inside the rim.
I could degrease the nipples or replace them,
and apply threadlocker to the spoke threads
to prevent loosening at those spots.
I've done that until the loosening stopped,
I've completely disassembled and reassembled it,
and I've even swapped out the rear hub itself, changing from a 4/0 lacing pattern (anti-freewheel side radial) to a 4/6 pattern.
This time too, everything except the rim needed to be rebuilt.
All built up.
Black hub, 24 spokes, black half-comp 4/6 lacing with cross-lacing.
The nipples could have been reused,
but considering the hassle of degreasing, it was faster to swap them for new DT ones,
so this time everything except the rim is different parts.
I paused work on the Open Pro tubular from the previous post
and built this one right in front of the customer.