Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer left me a pair of Smart Envision System 5.6 rims, front and rear.
The image above is the front rim, with a 54mm depth
and a tubeless-ready rim with a hump that's not a pronounced bead bump.
With Envision rims, the sticker on the valve hole usually has "Handmade in USA" on one side and a "serial number" on the other,
so I've made it a habit to build with the Handmade in USA side facing right.
But this rim had Handmade in USA printed on both sides.
The spec of printing the serial number on the sticker is a real pain—if it doesn't stick cleanly and you have to redo it,
you need to print up another sticker with the same serial number.
It's incredibly tedious. So maybe they ditched that idea.
So I'm using this as my left-right reference instead.
I orient the rim so the model name reads correctly, with that side as right.
Eventually I'll tape the rim (※),
and at that point the hub shell orientation becomes the new left-right reference.
※With stretch band type rim tape, I note it as "tensioned," but
since this rim will definitely use tubeless-ready tape, I'm calling it "taped."
Built.
Chris King R45 hub, 20H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.
A customer left me a pair of Smart Envision System 5.6 rims, front and rear.
The image above is the front rim, with a 54mm depth
and a tubeless-ready rim with a hump that's not a pronounced bead bump.
With Envision rims, the sticker on the valve hole usually has "Handmade in USA" on one side and a "serial number" on the other,
so I've made it a habit to build with the Handmade in USA side facing right.
But this rim had Handmade in USA printed on both sides.
The spec of printing the serial number on the sticker is a real pain—if it doesn't stick cleanly and you have to redo it,
you need to print up another sticker with the same serial number.
It's incredibly tedious. So maybe they ditched that idea.
So I'm using this as my left-right reference instead.
I orient the rim so the model name reads correctly, with that side as right.
Eventually I'll tape the rim (※),
and at that point the hub shell orientation becomes the new left-right reference.
※With stretch band type rim tape, I note it as "tensioned," but
since this rim will definitely use tubeless-ready tape, I'm calling it "taped."
Built.
Chris King R45 hub, 20H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.