Zonda C17

A customer dropped off a Zonda rear wheel for me.
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The frame dropout had bent, catching the rear derailleur, and bent some spokes as a result.

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↑These two on the freewheel side are clearly bent, but after a closer inspection I found a third bent spoke, so

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I replaced them.

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The spokes I've marked with tape are the replacements. Oddly enough, the spoke immediately adjacent in the direction of rotation after the final two bent ones was undamaged, and the next one took the final blow.

I've titled this "Zonda C17" for a reason—unlike the Zonda C15, this one doesn't use different-diameter spokes left and right. Basically, the old-old Zonda used thick same-diameter spokes on both sides, the old Zonda used different diameters, and the current Zonda uses thin same-diameter spokes.

Since I didn't have stock of the current Zonda's spokes, I couldn't just mix in old Zonda spokes with different spoke weight ratios. Instead, I tracked down a spoke from another Campagnolo (カンパニョーロ) wheel with the same spoke weight ratio and nearly identical length, and used that for the repair.

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↑The replaced spoke

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