Another day, another wheel (you know the drill).
Got a Reynolds Stratos DV front wheel in from a customer.
This is a Reynolds from an era when LEW manufacturing methods still had influence.
There's reinforcement at the valve hole and its opposite phase,
but compared to the original LEW design, the thickness is thinner
Unlike the original LEW which intentionally added weight in two spots, this one doesn't follow that pattern.
Man, beautiful stuff. Really hope they'll keep taking care of it.
Anyway, here's what the customer brought it in for:
The rim got buckled, and even after trying to file it down,
it was too far gone. Customer wanted a rim replacement.
All built up. The rim is Chinese carbon, which the customer brought in.
Reynolds hub, 16H, probably black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.
The old rim had internal nipples, the new one has external nipples,
and because of those differences and the rim height variance, I was able to reuse the spokes with just a slight trim.
If both rims had internal nipples, there'd be no way to reuse the spokes.
Per the customer's request, went with gold aluminum nipples.
Got a Reynolds Stratos DV front wheel in from a customer.
This is a Reynolds from an era when LEW manufacturing methods still had influence.
There's reinforcement at the valve hole and its opposite phase,
but compared to the original LEW design, the thickness is thinner
Unlike the original LEW which intentionally added weight in two spots, this one doesn't follow that pattern.
Man, beautiful stuff. Really hope they'll keep taking care of it.
Anyway, here's what the customer brought it in for:
The rim got buckled, and even after trying to file it down,
it was too far gone. Customer wanted a rim replacement.
All built up. The rim is Chinese carbon, which the customer brought in.
Reynolds hub, 16H, probably black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.
The old rim had internal nipples, the new one has external nipples,
and because of those differences and the rim height variance, I was able to reuse the spokes with just a slight trim.
If both rims had internal nipples, there'd be no way to reuse the spokes.
Per the customer's request, went with gold aluminum nipples.