Today's another wheel day (and so on).
A customer dropped off a Power Tap hub rear wheel.
The rim is also from the Power Tap brand, and
it's all black with a competition 4-cross lacing, which is fine, but it's reverse Italian lacing,
so I think this is a stock wheel built in-house by the manufacturer.
There are chain drop marks on the spokes (anti-porcupine direction),
and with reverse Italian lacing, the spokes and chain are less likely to catch
each other during chain drops.
Per the customer's request, I rebuilt it with a Noms Lab Wheel #1 rim.
After the rebuild, they're fine with silver spokes.
G3 hub, 32-hole, semi-competition 4-cross Italian lacing.
I'll do the nipple twisting later.
A customer dropped off a Power Tap hub rear wheel.
The rim is also from the Power Tap brand, and
it's all black with a competition 4-cross lacing, which is fine, but it's reverse Italian lacing,
so I think this is a stock wheel built in-house by the manufacturer.
There are chain drop marks on the spokes (anti-porcupine direction),
and with reverse Italian lacing, the spokes and chain are less likely to catch
each other during chain drops.
Per the customer's request, I rebuilt it with a Noms Lab Wheel #1 rim.
After the rebuild, they're fine with silver spokes.
G3 hub, 32-hole, semi-competition 4-cross Italian lacing.
I'll do the nipple twisting later.