I'm getting swamped with various jobs and deadlines, but
I still need to build the seven hubs of Konpaya.
The customer brought in a front hub with an exceptionally wide flange.
Seriously, that's way too wide (laughs).
Out of the 100mm over-locknut dimension, about 86mm is flange width—
it's a truly remarkable front hub. Where do you even find something like this?
The rims are Kinlin XR200 in 20H and 24H versions.
So I'm building the front with 20H.
It's built.
Apart from this ridiculous building style, I was given free rein on the lacing pattern, but
I couldn't resist the temptation of a radial lace pattern.
Hmm, this is risky. Depending on the fork, there could be clearance issues.
I've already confirmed that it interferes with the Pinarello ONDA fork.
Forks with beefy dropouts might have a tough time with this.
If it doesn't fit the customer's bike, I'll relace it.
The XR200 is a low-profile rim, but aside from old tubular pipe rims,
it's definitely in the low rim-height category.
This means the spoke angle in the left-right direction becomes quite steep.
Out of all the wheels I've built in the past, this front wheel has particularly steep spokes.
Lateral stiffness depends on flange width.
You can adjust it through spoke tension, but if you max that out to the rim's limit,
ultimately the flange width determines the lateral stiffness.
In that respect, this might be the ultimate hub.
I've built the rear wheel too.
It's a Novatech hub. For the seven hubs of Konpaya, I'll be building three rear wheels,
and all of them want Competition spokes on the freehub side and CX-RAY spokes on the non-freehub side.
I still need to build the seven hubs of Konpaya.
The customer brought in a front hub with an exceptionally wide flange.
Seriously, that's way too wide (laughs).
Out of the 100mm over-locknut dimension, about 86mm is flange width—
it's a truly remarkable front hub. Where do you even find something like this?
The rims are Kinlin XR200 in 20H and 24H versions.
So I'm building the front with 20H.
It's built.
Apart from this ridiculous building style, I was given free rein on the lacing pattern, but
I couldn't resist the temptation of a radial lace pattern.
Hmm, this is risky. Depending on the fork, there could be clearance issues.
I've already confirmed that it interferes with the Pinarello ONDA fork.
Forks with beefy dropouts might have a tough time with this.
If it doesn't fit the customer's bike, I'll relace it.
The XR200 is a low-profile rim, but aside from old tubular pipe rims,
it's definitely in the low rim-height category.
This means the spoke angle in the left-right direction becomes quite steep.
Out of all the wheels I've built in the past, this front wheel has particularly steep spokes.
Lateral stiffness depends on flange width.
You can adjust it through spoke tension, but if you max that out to the rim's limit,
ultimately the flange width determines the lateral stiffness.
In that respect, this might be the ultimate hub.
I've built the rear wheel too.
It's a Novatech hub. For the seven hubs of Konpaya, I'll be building three rear wheels,
and all of them want Competition spokes on the freehub side and CX-RAY spokes on the non-freehub side.