Another day, another wheel (and so on).
A customer brought in a wheel built with a Stans Alpha 340 rim.
They say everyone they meet tells them "that rim's gonna crack,"
but why does everyone seem to know
about the extreme frequency of rim hole damage on this rim?
There must be blogs somewhere spreading the word and raising awareness.
（→here）and（→here）
Anyway, the rims that came in this time had no cracks in the rim holes on either wheel.
Chris King R45 limited edition pink hub, 24H
Black CX-RAY 6/6 Italian cross lacing
Built with pink Pillar nipples, but—
The centering is way off for a hand-built wheel.
The rim is shifted to the left, so this wasn't caused by age—it was there from the start.
In fact, years of use might have actually slightly reduced the centering error.
This is another one of those trash-quality wheels
that a certain shop in Osaka specializes in building with Chris King hubs.
Pointless observation, but where the pink nipples
contact inside the rim, the anodize hasn't faded,
so it's got this Apollo Chocolate-like two-tone look.
Built. Using Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5 rims.
24H, black semi-comp 4/6 lacing with cross-connect.
The black CX-RAY for the front and rear-left
could have been reused only if the spoke length had been miscalculated on the long side,
but it was miscalculated short, so that wasn't possible.
Even if they'd been the correct length, reuse wouldn't have worked, and some spokes had paint damage anyway,
so I wasn't desperate to make reusing them happen.
Next, the front wheel.
R45 hub, 24H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing—
Centering off here too.
Built.
I wrote at the top that neither front nor rear rims had cracks,
but the customer left 3 rims for disposal.
So what was wrong with the 4th one?
Black CX-RAY (new) outpoke radial lacing.
Nipples on both wheels are black aluminum.
A customer brought in a wheel built with a Stans Alpha 340 rim.
They say everyone they meet tells them "that rim's gonna crack,"
but why does everyone seem to know
about the extreme frequency of rim hole damage on this rim?
There must be blogs somewhere spreading the word and raising awareness.
（→here）and（→here）
Anyway, the rims that came in this time had no cracks in the rim holes on either wheel.
Chris King R45 limited edition pink hub, 24H
Black CX-RAY 6/6 Italian cross lacing
Built with pink Pillar nipples, but—
The centering is way off for a hand-built wheel.
The rim is shifted to the left, so this wasn't caused by age—it was there from the start.
In fact, years of use might have actually slightly reduced the centering error.
This is another one of those trash-quality wheels
that a certain shop in Osaka specializes in building with Chris King hubs.
Pointless observation, but where the pink nipples
contact inside the rim, the anodize hasn't faded,
so it's got this Apollo Chocolate-like two-tone look.
Built. Using Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5 rims.
24H, black semi-comp 4/6 lacing with cross-connect.
The black CX-RAY for the front and rear-left
could have been reused only if the spoke length had been miscalculated on the long side,
but it was miscalculated short, so that wasn't possible.
Even if they'd been the correct length, reuse wouldn't have worked, and some spokes had paint damage anyway,
so I wasn't desperate to make reusing them happen.
Next, the front wheel.
R45 hub, 24H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing—
Centering off here too.
Built.
I wrote at the top that neither front nor rear rims had cracks,
but the customer left 3 rims for disposal.
So what was wrong with the 4th one?
Black CX-RAY (new) outpoke radial lacing.
Nipples on both wheels are black aluminum.