Another wheel day (and so on).
Built a front wheel using an ENVE "25" rim that a customer left with me.
Leef hub 20H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.
Before building the wheel, let me back up chronologically,
The serial number is in the 1.3 million range with seven digits, so
it's from the final production period,
And the measured weight is like this.
Compared to early production rims, it's about 1.5 times heavier,
but there are upsides. It builds up completely rattle-free.
Not just carbon—even aluminum rims,
when you tension lightweight low-profile rims really high,
you sometimes get "irremovable lateral runout" from the rim holes being pulled alternately left and right,
but this rim didn't show any of that.
Incidentally, even with 25 rims from the 195g or 215g era,
fine waviness appears.
Even rims over 300g often show more deformation from tension itself than this one,
so it's something only the builder notices rather than the rider,
but ENVE rims excel in that regard.
The Zentis I worked on the other day was also exceptionally good for tension resistance, so
when it's two in a row like this, you can easily fool yourself into thinking it's the norm.
Built a front wheel using an ENVE "25" rim that a customer left with me.
Leef hub 20H, black CX-RAY outpoke radial laced.
Before building the wheel, let me back up chronologically,
The serial number is in the 1.3 million range with seven digits, so
it's from the final production period,
And the measured weight is like this.
Compared to early production rims, it's about 1.5 times heavier,
but there are upsides. It builds up completely rattle-free.
Not just carbon—even aluminum rims,
when you tension lightweight low-profile rims really high,
you sometimes get "irremovable lateral runout" from the rim holes being pulled alternately left and right,
but this rim didn't show any of that.
Incidentally, even with 25 rims from the 195g or 215g era,
fine waviness appears.
Even rims over 300g often show more deformation from tension itself than this one,
so it's something only the builder notices rather than the rider,
but ENVE rims excel in that regard.
The Zentis I worked on the other day was also exceptionally good for tension resistance, so
when it's two in a row like this, you can easily fool yourself into thinking it's the norm.