Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer left me with a rear wheel from a WH-RS80.
They wanted the rear hub swapped out and upgraded to 11-speed.
It's a 20H wheel with 2-cross lacing on both sides,
but in terms of spoke weight distribution, it's actually a semi-comp equivalent with different spoke diameters for each side.
A lightweight WO rim that's just slightly heavier than the XR200 rim.
Regarding the rim itself, it's essentially the same as the higher-end Duraace rim
aside from cosmetic differences.
Rebuilt it.
Evo Lite hub, 20H, semi-champion lacing with cross-lacing reinforcement.
Even without the reinforcement, the spoke deformation on both sides
is significantly less than before the rebuild,
but if we can achieve this stiffness with just a 15% increase in spoke weight on the freewheel side,
I think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.
A customer left me with a rear wheel from a WH-RS80.
They wanted the rear hub swapped out and upgraded to 11-speed.
It's a 20H wheel with 2-cross lacing on both sides,
but in terms of spoke weight distribution, it's actually a semi-comp equivalent with different spoke diameters for each side.
A lightweight WO rim that's just slightly heavier than the XR200 rim.
Regarding the rim itself, it's essentially the same as the higher-end Duraace rim
aside from cosmetic differences.
Rebuilt it.
Evo Lite hub, 20H, semi-champion lacing with cross-lacing reinforcement.
Even without the reinforcement, the spoke deformation on both sides
is significantly less than before the rebuild,
but if we can achieve this stiffness with just a 15% increase in spoke weight on the freewheel side,
I think the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.