Another day with wheels (you know the drill).
Built Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Front wheel is Evo-Lite hub 20H with CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel is Evo-Lite hub 24H with semi-comp 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the truing later.
Per the customer's request, went with gold aluminum nipples.
The CX-RAY spokes we use for Nomu Lab Wheel #1 come in even-millimeter lengths for both front and rear-left, so I keep them in stock at their usable length without cutting.
But I noticed something when I did the preliminary build on the front wheel—there was a round-butted spoke mixed in.
If I'd processed it with a spoke cutter, I would've caught it then.
↑Left is the odd spoke, right is CX-RAY
If this were a CX-RAY semi-finished product before the flat-rolling process, the round-butted section should be 1.5mm diameter, but it's 1.8mm.
Which means—somehow—it's not a Laser but a Race spoke mixed in, but since our shop mainly sources straight-spec Race spokes for Easton repairs and has never bought Sapim Race outside of that, it's definitely lurking in the CX-RAY stock.
Built Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Front wheel is Evo-Lite hub 20H with CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel is Evo-Lite hub 24H with semi-comp 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the truing later.
Per the customer's request, went with gold aluminum nipples.
The CX-RAY spokes we use for Nomu Lab Wheel #1 come in even-millimeter lengths for both front and rear-left, so I keep them in stock at their usable length without cutting.
But I noticed something when I did the preliminary build on the front wheel—there was a round-butted spoke mixed in.
If I'd processed it with a spoke cutter, I would've caught it then.
↑Left is the odd spoke, right is CX-RAY
If this were a CX-RAY semi-finished product before the flat-rolling process, the round-butted section should be 1.5mm diameter, but it's 1.8mm.
Which means—somehow—it's not a Laser but a Race spoke mixed in, but since our shop mainly sources straight-spec Race spokes for Easton repairs and has never bought Sapim Race outside of that, it's definitely lurking in the CX-RAY stock.