I've taken in several Shamal Mille (Campagnolo high-end wheelset) wheels from customers.
Job #1. I took in the rear wheel of a Shamal Mille.
The customer had a crash the day before the Ibuki Mountain hill climb and broke spokes on the rear wheel,
so they had to skip the race.
There were spokes broken on the freewheel side
and some bent ones too.
Fixed it up.
↑Replaced spokes
Job #2. I took in the rear wheel of a Shamal Mille.
The customer got the rear wheel caught when removing it from a fixed trainer
and bent the spokes.
Fixed it.
↑Replaced spokes
The first one is bent front-to-back, so it's easy to spot,
but the second one appears straight at first glance,
and there's an impact mark at
the point where it's bent side-to-side.
Job #3. I took in both front and rear wheels of a Shamal Mille.
Let me start with the front wheel.
The customer caught something in the wheel and bent the spokes.
The bent spokes have
a marker tape the customer put on for reference.
↑Removed spoke
This is a "removed spoke," not a "replaced spoke."
The reason being,
one spoke clearly isn't bent and doesn't appear to need replacement.
Since there was a possibility that "three spokes are definitely bent,
but the customer just marked the wrong ones with tape,"
I did a full inspection of all the remaining spokes and found that only 2 needed replacement.
Fixed it.
Three spokes have marker tape on them,
but I only replaced two.
The marker tape was applied just to distinguish
the spokes I'd removed during the work.
I should have been able to fix it just by adjusting the nipples on these three spokes,
but there was significant radial runout elsewhere on the wheel,
so the customer may have done counter-corrective truing
to make the bent spokes rideable.
Now for the partner rear wheel.
There's one spoke on the non-freewheel side with damage on it.
Fixed it.
↑Replaced spoke
Not only was there damage, but it was also bent side-to-side.
The front wheel also naturally went out of center, but I forgot to take a photo.
Job #4. I took in the front wheel of a Shamal Mille.
This is a case of the so-called "new shaft catastrophic explosion."
The customer had completely stripped the hex socket of the right end bolt,
and even I couldn't loosen it,
so I drilled it out and destroyed it,
then had to replace the hub axle.
But since we were out of stock on the part and waiting for it to arrive,
I just cleaned and greased the hub and wrapped it in plastic wrap
to store it in the meantime.
The parts arrived.
I applied high-strength threadlocker between the hub axle and the right end
and tightened it down.
I wiped away the overflow afterward, just to be safe.
The initial center after hub assembly was spot on,
but drifted slightly after truing, so I did some centering.
"New shaft catastrophic explosion" is an expression that
I've heard other professionals use too.
The other day when I was on the phone with someone from a distributor
that's Japan's top expert on Campagnolo,
I mentioned that "if you type 'shinshafuまで' (new shaft), it comes up in Google's suggestions."
They looked it up right then and were shocked.
Sorry to stun you with that, but I'll include the usual link too (→here).
Job #1. I took in the rear wheel of a Shamal Mille.
The customer had a crash the day before the Ibuki Mountain hill climb and broke spokes on the rear wheel,
so they had to skip the race.
There were spokes broken on the freewheel side
and some bent ones too.
Fixed it up.
↑Replaced spokes
Job #2. I took in the rear wheel of a Shamal Mille.
The customer got the rear wheel caught when removing it from a fixed trainer
and bent the spokes.
Fixed it.
↑Replaced spokes
The first one is bent front-to-back, so it's easy to spot,
but the second one appears straight at first glance,
and there's an impact mark at
the point where it's bent side-to-side.
Job #3. I took in both front and rear wheels of a Shamal Mille.
Let me start with the front wheel.
The customer caught something in the wheel and bent the spokes.
The bent spokes have
a marker tape the customer put on for reference.
↑Removed spoke
This is a "removed spoke," not a "replaced spoke."
The reason being,
one spoke clearly isn't bent and doesn't appear to need replacement.
Since there was a possibility that "three spokes are definitely bent,
but the customer just marked the wrong ones with tape,"
I did a full inspection of all the remaining spokes and found that only 2 needed replacement.
Fixed it.
Three spokes have marker tape on them,
but I only replaced two.
The marker tape was applied just to distinguish
the spokes I'd removed during the work.
I should have been able to fix it just by adjusting the nipples on these three spokes,
but there was significant radial runout elsewhere on the wheel,
so the customer may have done counter-corrective truing
to make the bent spokes rideable.
Now for the partner rear wheel.
There's one spoke on the non-freewheel side with damage on it.
Fixed it.
↑Replaced spoke
Not only was there damage, but it was also bent side-to-side.
The front wheel also naturally went out of center, but I forgot to take a photo.
Job #4. I took in the front wheel of a Shamal Mille.
This is a case of the so-called "new shaft catastrophic explosion."
The customer had completely stripped the hex socket of the right end bolt,
and even I couldn't loosen it,
so I drilled it out and destroyed it,
then had to replace the hub axle.
But since we were out of stock on the part and waiting for it to arrive,
I just cleaned and greased the hub and wrapped it in plastic wrap
to store it in the meantime.
The parts arrived.
I applied high-strength threadlocker between the hub axle and the right end
and tightened it down.
I wiped away the overflow afterward, just to be safe.
The initial center after hub assembly was spot on,
but drifted slightly after truing, so I did some centering.
"New shaft catastrophic explosion" is an expression that
I've heard other professionals use too.
The other day when I was on the phone with someone from a distributor
that's Japan's top expert on Campagnolo,
I mentioned that "if you type 'shinshafuまで' (new shaft), it comes up in Google's suggestions."
They looked it up right then and were shocked.
Sorry to stun you with that, but I'll include the usual link too (→here).