Another wheel day (and so on).
The typo in the title is intentional.
A customer brought in the front wheel with a WO rim from a Zentritos (Zentritos wheel hub brand) Squadra 2.5.
I've replaced one spoke in the past, but since the original spec was white spokes
and we didn't have them in stock or couldn't source them,
I used black CX-RAY straight spokes of the same weight.
However, the white spokes started showing paint chipping in various places,
so the customer wanted a complete replacement with black spokes.
Since they also wanted to keep the original spokes,
I'm carefully disassembling itthough it's tedious.
The image above is shot from the left side of the wheel.
When viewing the wheel from the left side,
the "Zentritos" lettering on the hub shell is oriented like this
and when I rotate the hub shell,
the hub model name lettering is oriented like this.
In other words, when viewing the wheel from the right side,
the "XH001" lettering is readable in the correct direction,
and when the "Zentritos" lettering is at the top, looking down at it from above
it appears reversed.
You might ask if a radial-laced front wheel even has directional attributes, but
this front wheel has a rotational direction specification only on the left side of the rim.
If I were to rebuild it while maintaining the relationship between the hub and rim orientation,
when viewing the front wheel from the right, the "Zentritos" marking on the hub shell would be oriented like this,
which is opposite to the standard orientation, but I decided to respect the original state.
All built up.
Going back in timeline, the original white spokes
have this length in the non-butted section at the threads.
The one spoke I repaired earlier is a repair-grade CX-RAY straight,
so depending on the length, the non-butted section can be longer,
and that's the case here.
This front wheel is 20H, but since I had less than 19 repair-grade black CX-RAY straights in stock,
I figured while I'm ordering anyway
I ordered 20 black CX-RAY straights in almost exactly the right length.
So I didn't reuse the black spokes from before the rebuild.
By the way, this rim was in the lightest class for WO rims.
Since I'm saying it like this, it means I've actually measured the weight,
but I think that's something only I need to know, so I'm not writing it here.
I mean, why would I have to tell you?
↑wow this guy is extremely unpleasant
Sorry for the wait!
Please look at this image!
↑Stop it already!
The typo in the title is intentional.
A customer brought in the front wheel with a WO rim from a Zentritos (Zentritos wheel hub brand) Squadra 2.5.
I've replaced one spoke in the past, but since the original spec was white spokes
and we didn't have them in stock or couldn't source them,
I used black CX-RAY straight spokes of the same weight.
However, the white spokes started showing paint chipping in various places,
so the customer wanted a complete replacement with black spokes.
Since they also wanted to keep the original spokes,
I'm carefully disassembling it
The image above is shot from the left side of the wheel.
When viewing the wheel from the left side,
the "Zentritos" lettering on the hub shell is oriented like this
and when I rotate the hub shell,
the hub model name lettering is oriented like this.
In other words, when viewing the wheel from the right side,
the "XH001" lettering is readable in the correct direction,
and when the "Zentritos" lettering is at the top, looking down at it from above
it appears reversed.
You might ask if a radial-laced front wheel even has directional attributes, but
this front wheel has a rotational direction specification only on the left side of the rim.
If I were to rebuild it while maintaining the relationship between the hub and rim orientation,
when viewing the front wheel from the right, the "Zentritos" marking on the hub shell would be oriented like this,
which is opposite to the standard orientation, but I decided to respect the original state.
All built up.
Going back in timeline, the original white spokes
have this length in the non-butted section at the threads.
The one spoke I repaired earlier is a repair-grade CX-RAY straight,
so depending on the length, the non-butted section can be longer,
and that's the case here.
This front wheel is 20H, but since I had less than 19 repair-grade black CX-RAY straights in stock,
I figured while I'm ordering anyway
I ordered 20 black CX-RAY straights in almost exactly the right length.
So I didn't reuse the black spokes from before the rebuild.
By the way, this rim was in the lightest class for WO rims.
Since I'm saying it like this, it means I've actually measured the weight,
but I think that's something only I need to know, so I'm not writing it here.
I mean, why would I have to tell you?
↑wow this guy is extremely unpleasant
Sorry for the wait!
Please look at this image!
↑Stop it already!