Today it's wheels again (etc.).
I built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 using all customer-supplied parts.
Even if a customer brought in, say, an XR300 rim and I built a wheel with it,
that wouldn't make it a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
In that case, the post title would be "Built a wheel with an XR300 rim."
(At our shop) bringing in your own parts doesn't change the labor charge,
but if the parts were sold by our shop, there's a possibility of
free replacement if something goes wrong.
I haven't put this in writing to avoid abuse,
but those who know seem to know it already, and
I think we've handled things pretty fairly up to now.
Whether the parts were sold by our shop or contain a mix of outside parts,
I've never once charged labor for truing a wheel I built.
I do charge for shipping when communicating from a distance.
So why does this wheel get the Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 designation despite being customer-supplied parts?
It's because this set of customer-supplied parts
was originally sold by our shop.
The front wheel is a 20H CX-RAY reverse-laced radial build,
The rear wheel is a 24H semi-comp/46 build and we plan to lace it as well.
This time the hubs are Evo hubs, not Evo-Lite hubs.
Which means the parts set was purchased quite a while back.
The customer for this wheel didn't say they wanted to build it themselves,
but an acquaintance bought a complete parts set from us trying to get
this customer to build a wheel, and
in the end I built it.
Green aluminum nipples.
These are also parts we provided back then.
I built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 using all customer-supplied parts.
Even if a customer brought in, say, an XR300 rim and I built a wheel with it,
that wouldn't make it a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1.
In that case, the post title would be "Built a wheel with an XR300 rim."
(At our shop) bringing in your own parts doesn't change the labor charge,
but if the parts were sold by our shop, there's a possibility of
free replacement if something goes wrong.
I haven't put this in writing to avoid abuse,
but those who know seem to know it already, and
I think we've handled things pretty fairly up to now.
Whether the parts were sold by our shop or contain a mix of outside parts,
I've never once charged labor for truing a wheel I built.
I do charge for shipping when communicating from a distance.
So why does this wheel get the Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 designation despite being customer-supplied parts?
It's because this set of customer-supplied parts
was originally sold by our shop.
The front wheel is a 20H CX-RAY reverse-laced radial build,
The rear wheel is a 24H semi-comp/46 build and we plan to lace it as well.
This time the hubs are Evo hubs, not Evo-Lite hubs.
Which means the parts set was purchased quite a while back.
The customer for this wheel didn't say they wanted to build it themselves,
but an acquaintance bought a complete parts set from us trying to get
this customer to build a wheel, and
in the end I built it.
Green aluminum nipples.
These are also parts we provided back then.