Another day of wheel building (and so on).
Built a front wheel using a carbon tubeless rim that a customer left with me.
Novatec D771 hub, 28H, all CX-RAY, 64-spoke reverse Italian pattern lacing.
Tie-and-tape probably isn't necessary, but since I'm planning to build a wheel for the same customer using an Iron Cross rim on the same hub, and that front wheel would require tie-and-tape even with identical specs, it might be odd to skip it here.
The reason why the Iron Cross would require tie-and-tape can be explained by "beaker theory," but I don't have time to write about that.
The hub shell says "3in1."
It probably means it accommodates three types by swapping adapters: 9mm quick release, 12mm thru-axle, and 15mm thru-axle.
However, the matching rear hub, D772, has "4in1" marked on it, but it only comes in two versions: 135mm quick release and 142mm thru-axle, so that's not four types.
It seems the disc mount can be special-ordered in centerlock spec, and the same goes for the front hub.
And the D772 rear hub doesn't have a Campagnolo freebody option (though it can be made later).
↑The outer rim surface has no holes except for the valve hole.
So rim tape isn't needed—this is true tubeless, not tubeless-ready.
That means I need to pick up each nipple one by one with a magnet, but
When building from a state where I'd already threaded all the spokes through the hub, the spoke threads would leave scratch marks on the rim side given that finish, so I went with the method of threading spokes through one at a time into the picked-up nipples.
What a pain.
The trial assembly took way longer than all the subsequent work combined.
Built a front wheel using a carbon tubeless rim that a customer left with me.
Novatec D771 hub, 28H, all CX-RAY, 64-spoke reverse Italian pattern lacing.
Tie-and-tape probably isn't necessary, but since I'm planning to build a wheel for the same customer using an Iron Cross rim on the same hub, and that front wheel would require tie-and-tape even with identical specs, it might be odd to skip it here.
The reason why the Iron Cross would require tie-and-tape can be explained by "beaker theory," but I don't have time to write about that.
The hub shell says "3in1."
It probably means it accommodates three types by swapping adapters: 9mm quick release, 12mm thru-axle, and 15mm thru-axle.
However, the matching rear hub, D772, has "4in1" marked on it, but it only comes in two versions: 135mm quick release and 142mm thru-axle, so that's not four types.
It seems the disc mount can be special-ordered in centerlock spec, and the same goes for the front hub.
And the D772 rear hub doesn't have a Campagnolo freebody option (though it can be made later).
↑The outer rim surface has no holes except for the valve hole.
So rim tape isn't needed—this is true tubeless, not tubeless-ready.
That means I need to pick up each nipple one by one with a magnet, but
When building from a state where I'd already threaded all the spokes through the hub, the spoke threads would leave scratch marks on the rim side given that finish, so I went with the method of threading spokes through one at a time into the picked-up nipples.
The trial assembly took way longer than all the subsequent work combined.