Another day with wheels (and so on).
A customer brought me a Reynolds Attack rear wheel to work on.
The rear hub is from two generations back in terms of age,
built with DT Aero Comp straight spokes in a 4-cross pattern.
It's gotten loose, so they want it rebuilt.
The rim is shifted toward the left side (the non-drive side).
But that won't matter since I'm going to take it apart anyway.
The DT Aero Comp is a problem—Japanese distributors don't stock them as standard.
It's the same with both my current supplier and the previous one.
On top of that, Sapim doesn't make a spoke with the equivalent weight spec
(the Aero Lite can be substituted with CX-RAY),
so if this rear wheel develops a broken spoke or similar, repairs will be difficult.
Rebuilt it.
Evolite hub 24H, black half-Comp, 4-cross pattern with crossed spoke connections.
The original hub is straight-spoke spec,
which forces a 4-cross build pattern, so it can't be reused.
A customer brought me a Reynolds Attack rear wheel to work on.
The rear hub is from two generations back in terms of age,
built with DT Aero Comp straight spokes in a 4-cross pattern.
It's gotten loose, so they want it rebuilt.
The rim is shifted toward the left side (the non-drive side).
But that won't matter since I'm going to take it apart anyway.
The DT Aero Comp is a problem—Japanese distributors don't stock them as standard.
It's the same with both my current supplier and the previous one.
On top of that, Sapim doesn't make a spoke with the equivalent weight spec
(the Aero Lite can be substituted with CX-RAY),
so if this rear wheel develops a broken spoke or similar, repairs will be difficult.
Rebuilt it.
Evolite hub 24H, black half-Comp, 4-cross pattern with crossed spoke connections.
The original hub is straight-spoke spec,
which forces a 4-cross build pattern, so it can't be reused.