Another day of wheel building (and so on).
Built a wheel with an Iron Cross rim.
The rim I built last time with a Novatec hub was
the final stock we had reserved—the last pair in the shop.
This Iron Cross was supposed to be completely sold out, but somehow
it turned up at the wholesaler, so this is one pair of the truly final stock.
The front wheel has an HB-RS770 hub
built 28H semi-comp, reverse Italian laced. I'll be doing tie-and-sew as well.
Rather than the Zonda DB front wheel's asymmetrical lacing with super high-low flanges,
this should have less correction of left-right spoke tension differences,
so I went with semi-comp for the first time in a while instead of full CX-RAY.
I didn't decide on semi-comp just on a whim—I consulted with the customer beforehand.
If, hypothetically, we weren't allowed to do tie-and-sew,
I'd think semi-comp would be better, but
with tie-and-sew, I feel you can achieve similar stiffness with full CX-RAY as well,
so in that case full CX-RAY with lighter spokes might be fine too.
Judging the relative importance of these factors is difficult, and I still don't have a definitive answer.
Since the RS770 front hub has equal-diameter flanges left and right,
there should be more point to semi-comp than building with a Tni Evo disc hub (high-low flange).
The rear wheel is FH-RS770, 28H semi-comp, JIS laced.
This one will also get tie-and-sew.
↑ Rear wheel, but with this it's perfectly centered.
I'm not joking around.
For a Cannondale "Asymmetric Integration" frame,
I've offset the rim 6mm toward the non-freewheel side.
For details, see (→here).
The dish amount has been reduced, but it hasn't gone away entirely, so
I didn't go with full comp spokes.
Built a wheel with an Iron Cross rim.
The rim I built last time with a Novatec hub was
the final stock we had reserved—the last pair in the shop.
This Iron Cross was supposed to be completely sold out, but somehow
it turned up at the wholesaler, so this is one pair of the truly final stock.
The front wheel has an HB-RS770 hub
built 28H semi-comp, reverse Italian laced. I'll be doing tie-and-sew as well.
Rather than the Zonda DB front wheel's asymmetrical lacing with super high-low flanges,
this should have less correction of left-right spoke tension differences,
so I went with semi-comp for the first time in a while instead of full CX-RAY.
I didn't decide on semi-comp just on a whim—I consulted with the customer beforehand.
If, hypothetically, we weren't allowed to do tie-and-sew,
I'd think semi-comp would be better, but
with tie-and-sew, I feel you can achieve similar stiffness with full CX-RAY as well,
so in that case full CX-RAY with lighter spokes might be fine too.
Judging the relative importance of these factors is difficult, and I still don't have a definitive answer.
Since the RS770 front hub has equal-diameter flanges left and right,
there should be more point to semi-comp than building with a Tni Evo disc hub (high-low flange).
The rear wheel is FH-RS770, 28H semi-comp, JIS laced.
This one will also get tie-and-sew.
↑ Rear wheel, but with this it's perfectly centered.
I'm not joking around.
For a Cannondale "Asymmetric Integration" frame,
I've offset the rim 6mm toward the non-freewheel side.
For details, see (→here).
The dish amount has been reduced, but it hasn't gone away entirely, so
I didn't go with full comp spokes.