Yesterday was wheels again (and so on).
Yesterday, April 24th (Wednesday) was our regular day off
but I went to a Campagnolo technical seminar
at Japan's most knowledgeable distributor.
After the seminar, at the request of someone from that distributor,
I drew crab beam rays and Fulcrum dog (→here) on the whiteboard at the venue
and apparently some colleagues who saw it were pretty taken aback.
Speaking of which, the other day when I stopped by Kawahara for some business,
the shop manager said to me "You're the one who drew that, aren't you?"
That refers to the crab beam rays drawn on the whiteboard
on the first floor of Kawashima Cycle Supply, which is also Pinarello Japan.
It's been over a month now, but it still hasn't been erased.
By the way, the crab beam rays on this blog are drawn fresh every time.
Even though Wednesday is my day off, I came to the shop and built wheels.
This is the rear wheel partner to the ENVE 3.4 front wheel I built the other day.
R45 hub 24H black semi-comp four-cross lacing with spoke holes.
The customer asked me to weigh the wheel after building it,
so I did.
↑Front wheel
↑Rear wheel
As for the rim weight alone, the packaging on the packaged rim
had been opened and rewrapped at some point,
so I think the customer had already weighed it themselves.
The front rim is 38mm tall and the rear rim is 42mm tall,
but for some reason the front rim was heavier.
Maybe it's just unit variation.
SMART ENVE doesn't mean a "smart" (clever) Enve,
but rather Enve with the dimensions(pushily) advocated by Smart,
and in the past, only the highest rim-height model
came as front 18H and rear 24H,
but the current models, including the 7.8 which is the highest rim height,
are all front 20H and rear 24H (for rim brake rims).
With SMART ENVE, the front rim is wider than the rear rim,
and on the past non-tubeless WO rims,
the included rim tape width was different front to rear—quite meticulous.
So I thought it was possible that even with a slight difference in rim height front to rear,
the wider front rim could be heavier,
but the current 2.2 (27mm wide) and 3.4 (27.5mm wide)
have the same rim width front and rear, so it does seem to be unit variation after all.
By the way (front to rear respectively), the 4.5 is 27/25.5mm,
the 5.6 is 29/28mm, and the 7.8 is 29/27.5mm.
As for what the exact weight was in grams, the customer would know that anyway,
so I'm not about to go out of my way and post it.
Why should I tell them? ←Wow this guy's got bad vibes
Thank you for your patience! Please take a look at this image!
This is the front rim!
This is the rear rim!
↑Stop it already!
Yesterday, April 24th (Wednesday) was our regular day off
but I went to a Campagnolo technical seminar
at Japan's most knowledgeable distributor.
After the seminar, at the request of someone from that distributor,
I drew crab beam rays and Fulcrum dog (→here) on the whiteboard at the venue
and apparently some colleagues who saw it were pretty taken aback.
Speaking of which, the other day when I stopped by Kawahara for some business,
the shop manager said to me "You're the one who drew that, aren't you?"
That refers to the crab beam rays drawn on the whiteboard
on the first floor of Kawashima Cycle Supply, which is also Pinarello Japan.
It's been over a month now, but it still hasn't been erased.
By the way, the crab beam rays on this blog are drawn fresh every time.
Even though Wednesday is my day off, I came to the shop and built wheels.
This is the rear wheel partner to the ENVE 3.4 front wheel I built the other day.
R45 hub 24H black semi-comp four-cross lacing with spoke holes.
The customer asked me to weigh the wheel after building it,
so I did.
↑Front wheel
↑Rear wheel
As for the rim weight alone, the packaging on the packaged rim
had been opened and rewrapped at some point,
so I think the customer had already weighed it themselves.
The front rim is 38mm tall and the rear rim is 42mm tall,
but for some reason the front rim was heavier.
Maybe it's just unit variation.
SMART ENVE doesn't mean a "smart" (clever) Enve,
but rather Enve with the dimensions
and in the past, only the highest rim-height model
came as front 18H and rear 24H,
but the current models, including the 7.8 which is the highest rim height,
are all front 20H and rear 24H (for rim brake rims).
With SMART ENVE, the front rim is wider than the rear rim,
and on the past non-tubeless WO rims,
the included rim tape width was different front to rear—quite meticulous.
So I thought it was possible that even with a slight difference in rim height front to rear,
the wider front rim could be heavier,
but the current 2.2 (27mm wide) and 3.4 (27.5mm wide)
have the same rim width front and rear, so it does seem to be unit variation after all.
By the way (front to rear respectively), the 4.5 is 27/25.5mm,
the 5.6 is 29/28mm, and the 7.8 is 29/27.5mm.
As for what the exact weight was in grams, the customer would know that anyway,
so I'm not about to go out of my way and post it.
Why should I tell them? ←Wow this guy's got bad vibes
Thank you for your patience! Please take a look at this image!
This is the front rim!
This is the rear rim!
↑Stop it already!