Another day, another wheel (and so on).
Built the Nomu Lab Wheel #1, with all parts brought in by the customer.
Let's say hypothetically a customer brought in an XR300 rim and I built a wheel with it—
that wouldn't make it the Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
In that case, the post title would be "Built a wheel with an XR300 rim."
At our shop, the labor cost doesn't change just because parts are customer-supplied,
but if the parts were sold by us, there's a possibility we'll replace them at no charge
if any problems arise.
We haven't put this in writing to avoid it being exploited,
but those who know, know—
and I think we've generally been pretty accommodating about it.
Whether the parts came from us or are a mixed bag from elsewhere,
I've never charged labor for truing a wheel I built.
For remote correspondence, I might charge shipping costs.
So why, in this case, did customer-supplied parts get the
Nomu Lab Wheel #1 certification?
Because this complete set of customer-supplied parts
was originally sold by us back then.
Front wheel: 20H CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel: 24H semi-comp 4-cross lacing, and I plan to tie it in too.
The hubs for this build are Evo hubs, not Evo Lite hubs.
Which means the parts were sourced quite a while back.
The customer for this wheel didn't actually say "I want to build a wheel myself,"
but one of their acquaintances bought a complete parts set from us,
thinking to have the customer try building it—
and ultimately, I ended up building it.
Green aluminum nipples.
Those were parts we handed over back then too.
Built the Nomu Lab Wheel #1, with all parts brought in by the customer.
Let's say hypothetically a customer brought in an XR300 rim and I built a wheel with it—
that wouldn't make it the Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
In that case, the post title would be "Built a wheel with an XR300 rim."
At our shop, the labor cost doesn't change just because parts are customer-supplied,
but if the parts were sold by us, there's a possibility we'll replace them at no charge
if any problems arise.
We haven't put this in writing to avoid it being exploited,
but those who know, know—
and I think we've generally been pretty accommodating about it.
Whether the parts came from us or are a mixed bag from elsewhere,
I've never charged labor for truing a wheel I built.
For remote correspondence, I might charge shipping costs.
So why, in this case, did customer-supplied parts get the
Nomu Lab Wheel #1 certification?
Because this complete set of customer-supplied parts
was originally sold by us back then.
Front wheel: 20H CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel: 24H semi-comp 4-cross lacing, and I plan to tie it in too.
The hubs for this build are Evo hubs, not Evo Lite hubs.
Which means the parts were sourced quite a while back.
The customer for this wheel didn't actually say "I want to build a wheel myself,"
but one of their acquaintances bought a complete parts set from us,
thinking to have the customer try building it—
and ultimately, I ended up building it.
Green aluminum nipples.
Those were parts we handed over back then too.