More wheels today (and so on).
Built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2.
Front wheel: Evolight hub 20H, CX-RAY reverse non-drive radial lacing,
Rear wheel: Evolight hub 24H, half-competition 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
At the time of the photos I had done the cross-lacing, but
for reasons, I'm putting off the cross-lacing on this one.
A customer left me a rear wheel built with a Tni ROAD 38 rim.
It's the same rim as Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2,
and based on the specs, it's a stock wheel made in-house at a Tni distributor.
Evo hub 24H, full-race 4-4 Italian lacing.
Even though it's stock from the distributor,
it was built at an antenna shop near the distributor.
When I used to handle ZIPP and EDGE/ENVE,
if a shop wanted wheels rather than just rims,
I'd build the wheels on their behalf.
About 15 years ago, when I asked about the ZIPP 280 rim, whether more shops
bought just the rim or wanted wheels built,
I was told that shops buying just the rim were far in the minority.
Because of complete assembled wheels and such, shops have actively
given up opportunities to gain wheel-building experience,
which is probably why more pro shops these days can't build a single wheel properly.
So this antenna shop
has been taking on the workload of leveling up their wheel-building skills,
and judging from the wheels I've seen many times in the past,
speaking with my head held high (so to speak), they build almost always extremely well.
The rim is from 2009, so it was built sometime in 2009 or
at the latest by 2010, but
the centering was spot-on, with virtually no runout.
Given that it has internal nipples and is tubular, so
opportunities for truing are limited, it's extremely impressive.
As for the centering being spot-on,
with normal aging, it wouldn't be strange for the rim to drift slightly toward the drive side,
but it was right where it should be.
Looking at the brake zone, it seemed like
it hadn't been used hard and constantly over 7–8 years.
↑As expected, the limit tension at that time was 130 kgf.
The Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5 rim at that time was 100 kgf,
but currently both are 120 kgf.
The thickness of the holes on the inner circumference of the rim doesn't appear different.
The rear wheel of Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2 that I just built without cross-lacing,
and this rear wheel,
plus separately a rear wheel from Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2
with half-comp 4-cross lacing and cross-lacing—these three rear wheels
came together in one place, and
while none of the owners of these three wheels were present,
several customers who happened to be there confirmed
spoke tension and deformation amount when hand-squeezed (especially on the non-drive side).
It's a rare opportunity to compare
full-race 4-4 lacing with half-comp 4-cross lacing,
and to compare half-comp 4-cross lacing with and without cross-lacing.
And for this rear wheel with full-race 4-4 lacing,
the customer wants the non-drive side built as CX-RAY 6-spoke lacing with cross-lacing.
In terms of spoke weight ratio, Sapim Race is equivalent to DT Competition
(actually Race is slightly lighter),
so half-race is nearly the same as half-comp.
I loosened the drive-side nipples to where the spoke threads are visible
and applied threadlocker,
but it might not have been much different work than a complete teardown.
So after rebuilding, the nipples on the drive side only are brass.
Built.
Evo hub 24H, half-race 4-cross lacing
with cross-lacing.
A customer left me a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2 rear wheel.
Reef hub sibling hub 24H, half-comp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
Separately, I'd given this same customer a rear wheel built with half-camp,
and because the snappiness of that was exceptional,
they want this one made into half-camp too.
Different-diameter lacing on drive and non-drive sides, but with stable supply from
proper manufacturers (DT and Sapim, followed by Pillar and Wheelsmith), spoke
weight ratios are effectively around 100%, 85%, and 65% in three types,
so the combinations where you can set a left-right difference are
65:100, 85:100, and 65:85—and of those,
65:85 (half-comp) is the lightest, so I standardly choose it.
Also, just to add a note, the 65% spokes alone
will deflect if round-section, so they need to be flat spokes.
Weighing the elements, there's no clear answer whether
half-comp or half-camp is superior,
but unlike a 20H rear wheel where you have to do 4-4 lacing,
I think half-comp is better for 24H.
In fact, I do that on almost all 24H rear wheels.
Though come to think of it, my personal Nomu Lab Wheel No. 68
is built with CX on the drive side and CX-RAY on the non-drive side,
which makes it half-camp equivalent in spoke weight ratio.
I can do the rebuild if desired, but
let's not put sketchy stickers on the rim, okay?
So opposite from before, I disassembled the drive side.
I also loosened the non-drive side somewhat and evenly,
and that seems to have served as a guide to suppress radial runout—
after the initial assembly, there was virtually no radial runout.
Built.
24H, half-camp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
The drive-side spoke hand-squeeze is nearly immobile.
It's clearly stiffer than half-comp,
but whether this much is necessary is a tough call.
Built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2.
Front wheel: Evolight hub 20H, CX-RAY reverse non-drive radial lacing,
Rear wheel: Evolight hub 24H, half-competition 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
At the time of the photos I had done the cross-lacing, but
for reasons, I'm putting off the cross-lacing on this one.
A customer left me a rear wheel built with a Tni ROAD 38 rim.
It's the same rim as Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2,
and based on the specs, it's a stock wheel made in-house at a Tni distributor.
Evo hub 24H, full-race 4-4 Italian lacing.
Even though it's stock from the distributor,
it was built at an antenna shop near the distributor.
When I used to handle ZIPP and EDGE/ENVE,
if a shop wanted wheels rather than just rims,
I'd build the wheels on their behalf.
About 15 years ago, when I asked about the ZIPP 280 rim, whether more shops
bought just the rim or wanted wheels built,
I was told that shops buying just the rim were far in the minority.
Because of complete assembled wheels and such, shops have actively
given up opportunities to gain wheel-building experience,
which is probably why more pro shops these days can't build a single wheel properly.
So this antenna shop
has been taking on the workload of leveling up their wheel-building skills,
and judging from the wheels I've seen many times in the past,
speaking with my head held high (so to speak), they build almost always extremely well.
The rim is from 2009, so it was built sometime in 2009 or
at the latest by 2010, but
the centering was spot-on, with virtually no runout.
Given that it has internal nipples and is tubular, so
opportunities for truing are limited, it's extremely impressive.
As for the centering being spot-on,
with normal aging, it wouldn't be strange for the rim to drift slightly toward the drive side,
but it was right where it should be.
Looking at the brake zone, it seemed like
it hadn't been used hard and constantly over 7–8 years.
↑As expected, the limit tension at that time was 130 kgf.
The Nomu Lab Wheel 2.5 rim at that time was 100 kgf,
but currently both are 120 kgf.
The thickness of the holes on the inner circumference of the rim doesn't appear different.
The rear wheel of Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2 that I just built without cross-lacing,
and this rear wheel,
plus separately a rear wheel from Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2
with half-comp 4-cross lacing and cross-lacing—these three rear wheels
came together in one place, and
while none of the owners of these three wheels were present,
several customers who happened to be there confirmed
spoke tension and deformation amount when hand-squeezed (especially on the non-drive side).
It's a rare opportunity to compare
full-race 4-4 lacing with half-comp 4-cross lacing,
and to compare half-comp 4-cross lacing with and without cross-lacing.
And for this rear wheel with full-race 4-4 lacing,
the customer wants the non-drive side built as CX-RAY 6-spoke lacing with cross-lacing.
In terms of spoke weight ratio, Sapim Race is equivalent to DT Competition
(actually Race is slightly lighter),
so half-race is nearly the same as half-comp.
I loosened the drive-side nipples to where the spoke threads are visible
and applied threadlocker,
but it might not have been much different work than a complete teardown.
So after rebuilding, the nipples on the drive side only are brass.
Built.
Evo hub 24H, half-race 4-cross lacing
with cross-lacing.
A customer left me a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 2 rear wheel.
Reef hub sibling hub 24H, half-comp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
Separately, I'd given this same customer a rear wheel built with half-camp,
and because the snappiness of that was exceptional,
they want this one made into half-camp too.
Different-diameter lacing on drive and non-drive sides, but with stable supply from
proper manufacturers (DT and Sapim, followed by Pillar and Wheelsmith), spoke
weight ratios are effectively around 100%, 85%, and 65% in three types,
so the combinations where you can set a left-right difference are
65:100, 85:100, and 65:85—and of those,
65:85 (half-comp) is the lightest, so I standardly choose it.
Also, just to add a note, the 65% spokes alone
will deflect if round-section, so they need to be flat spokes.
Weighing the elements, there's no clear answer whether
half-comp or half-camp is superior,
but unlike a 20H rear wheel where you have to do 4-4 lacing,
I think half-comp is better for 24H.
In fact, I do that on almost all 24H rear wheels.
is built with CX on the drive side and CX-RAY on the non-drive side,
which makes it half-camp equivalent in spoke weight ratio.
I can do the rebuild if desired, but
let's not put sketchy stickers on the rim, okay?
So opposite from before, I disassembled the drive side.
I also loosened the non-drive side somewhat and evenly,
and that seems to have served as a guide to suppress radial runout—
after the initial assembly, there was virtually no radial runout.
Built.
24H, half-camp 4-cross lacing with cross-lacing.
The drive-side spoke hand-squeeze is nearly immobile.
It's clearly stiffer than half-comp,
but whether this much is necessary is a tough call.