Another wheel day (and so on).
Built a front wheel with a DT RR1.1 rim.
HB-6800 32H hub, Champion #15 plain spokes.
Outpoke radial lacing.
Everything except the nipples was customer-supplied,
and neither the rim nor hub are new.
The spoke length was pre-calculated by the customer,
and it matched perfectly.
The RR1.1 rim is the same rim that later became the RR415.
There's also an RR1.2 (here), which corresponds to what later became the RR585.
I had another RR1.1 on hold
and was planning to build a front-and-rear pair,
but I'd already identified beforehand that this rim was warped
so noticeably it was evident even on a glass surface plate—
definitely not reusable—so
the rear rim became an Open Pro instead.
The label date isn't current, but it's brand new.
FH-6800 32H, #15 Champion, 4-cross lacing with bracing.
The spokes were prepared for 4-cross lacing at the length needed for the RR1.1,
but the Open Pro needs about 4mm more length, so
I cut 286mm for the Open Pro freehub side
from the customer's 292mm RR1.1 non-freehub side spokes,
and we supplied the Open Pro non-freehub side spokes from stock.
A bundle of 282mm remains, which we can cut and use
as front wheel spoke spares.
For reasons I had in mind, I went with brass nipples on the freehub side
and aluminum on the non-freehub side.
The front wheel uses all aluminum nipples.
Built a front wheel with a DT RR1.1 rim.
HB-6800 32H hub, Champion #15 plain spokes.
Outpoke radial lacing.
Everything except the nipples was customer-supplied,
and neither the rim nor hub are new.
The spoke length was pre-calculated by the customer,
and it matched perfectly.
The RR1.1 rim is the same rim that later became the RR415.
There's also an RR1.2 (here), which corresponds to what later became the RR585.
I had another RR1.1 on hold
and was planning to build a front-and-rear pair,
but I'd already identified beforehand that this rim was warped
so noticeably it was evident even on a glass surface plate—
definitely not reusable—so
the rear rim became an Open Pro instead.
The label date isn't current, but it's brand new.
FH-6800 32H, #15 Champion, 4-cross lacing with bracing.
The spokes were prepared for 4-cross lacing at the length needed for the RR1.1,
but the Open Pro needs about 4mm more length, so
I cut 286mm for the Open Pro freehub side
from the customer's 292mm RR1.1 non-freehub side spokes,
and we supplied the Open Pro non-freehub side spokes from stock.
A bundle of 282mm remains, which we can cut and use
as front wheel spoke spares.
For reasons I had in mind, I went with brass nipples on the freehub side
and aluminum on the non-freehub side.
The front wheel uses all aluminum nipples.