Another wheel day (and so on).
Built a wheel today using a rim and hub the customer brought in.
"It's a privilege of being from out of prefecture—can you do a quick build on the spot? (laughs)"
they said, but
that's not a service we offer.
That said, they'd made an appointment ahead of time, so I did give them the quick build.
We were cutting it close on spoke count—it was sketchy.
Mystery low-profile carbon rim (super light) for both front and rear wheels.
Starting with the front wheel first.
Built it outpoke radial lacing.
That hub looks familiar somehow.
Must be getting popular.
Now for the rear wheel.
Both wheels full CX-RAY; rear wheel is 4-cross lacing with spoke nipple twisting.
Hub is from the same manufacturer as the front.
The axle cup is pretty tight, but with wide flange width and high-low flanges,
the conditions aren't actually that bad. Actually pretty decent.
Separately, I have a PowerTap wheel rebuild and
a PowerTap wheel build on order, but
I've run out of spokes for the non-drive side.
Restocking urgently.
Built a wheel today using a rim and hub the customer brought in.
"It's a privilege of being from out of prefecture—can you do a quick build on the spot? (laughs)"
they said, but
that's not a service we offer.
That said, they'd made an appointment ahead of time, so I did give them the quick build.
We were cutting it close on spoke count—it was sketchy.
Mystery low-profile carbon rim (super light) for both front and rear wheels.
Starting with the front wheel first.
Built it outpoke radial lacing.
That hub looks familiar somehow.
Must be getting popular.
Now for the rear wheel.
Both wheels full CX-RAY; rear wheel is 4-cross lacing with spoke nipple twisting.
Hub is from the same manufacturer as the front.
The axle cup is pretty tight, but with wide flange width and high-low flanges,
the conditions aren't actually that bad. Actually pretty decent.
Separately, I have a PowerTap wheel rebuild and
a PowerTap wheel build on order, but
I've run out of spokes for the non-drive side.
Restocking urgently.