Another wheel day (and so on).
Built a front wheel with A23 rims.
Chris King R45 hub, 32H, radial lacing with CX-RAY spokes.
Chris King and Dura-Ace hubs come
with the bearing cup adjusted slightly tight on the hub alone,
but when spoke tension loads the flange, the bearing cup loosens up,
and in the finished wheel state it ends up just right most of the time.
The rare exception to "most of the time"
is when lateral play develops and requires bearing cup adjustment mid-build,
but if the hub alone had buttery-smooth rotation to begin with,
you'll definitely get play developing during wheel building.
The sticker placement has the model name on one side across from the valve, and the manufacturer name on the other side,
so when building the rear wheel I'll need to make sure the orientation matches up.
Built a front wheel with A23 rims.
Chris King R45 hub, 32H, radial lacing with CX-RAY spokes.
Chris King and Dura-Ace hubs come
with the bearing cup adjusted slightly tight on the hub alone,
but when spoke tension loads the flange, the bearing cup loosens up,
and in the finished wheel state it ends up just right most of the time.
The rare exception to "most of the time"
is when lateral play develops and requires bearing cup adjustment mid-build,
but if the hub alone had buttery-smooth rotation to begin with,
you'll definitely get play developing during wheel building.
The sticker placement has the model name on one side across from the valve, and the manufacturer name on the other side,
so when building the rear wheel I'll need to make sure the orientation matches up.