Wheels again today (and so on).
I built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Lately I've basically become a machine for building Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5,
but I can't move on to other wheels until I get through these.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H, CX-RAY reverse non-spoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 24H, semi-competition 4-cross lacing with tie-in.
Gold aluminum nipples.
DT's gold aluminum nipples come in different colors depending on the lot,
and currently they're being shipped in the color shown on the right in the image above.
Just a few days ago I had only about one wheel's worth of stock for each color,
and I was worried that if I built the rear wheel with the right-side color and then ordered more gold nipples,
they might come in the left-side color instead—which while unlikely,
scared me enough that I didn't touch them until I had a sufficient quantity all in one color.
Along with the gold nipples, I restocked red nipples as well,
but the box arrived crushed with contents spilled.
This level of damage is still manageable,
I just need to pick them all up.
Previously I had both 14-gauge and 15-gauge silver aluminum nipples leak at the same time,
and I spent an enormous amount of time doing a full inspection using 14-gauge spokes.
I pushed myself and built one more rear wheel.
Evolite hub 24H, semi-competition 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the tie-in later.
I built Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Lately I've basically become a machine for building Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5,
but I can't move on to other wheels until I get through these.
Front wheel is Evolite hub 20H, CX-RAY reverse non-spoke radial lacing,
Rear wheel is Evolite hub 24H, semi-competition 4-cross lacing with tie-in.
Gold aluminum nipples.
DT's gold aluminum nipples come in different colors depending on the lot,
and currently they're being shipped in the color shown on the right in the image above.
Just a few days ago I had only about one wheel's worth of stock for each color,
and I was worried that if I built the rear wheel with the right-side color and then ordered more gold nipples,
they might come in the left-side color instead—which while unlikely,
scared me enough that I didn't touch them until I had a sufficient quantity all in one color.
Along with the gold nipples, I restocked red nipples as well,
but the box arrived crushed with contents spilled.
This level of damage is still manageable,
I just need to pick them all up.
Previously I had both 14-gauge and 15-gauge silver aluminum nipples leak at the same time,
and I spent an enormous amount of time doing a full inspection using 14-gauge spokes.
I pushed myself and built one more rear wheel.
Evolite hub 24H, semi-competition 4-cross lacing.
I'll do the tie-in later.