Wheels again today (and so on).
Continuing from last time.
I'm rebuilding the SES2.2 rear wheel with an SES4.5 rim.
ENVE carbon hub 24H. By hole count it's 2-cross lacing,
but due to the sparse and dense holes on the hub flanges it's effectively equivalent to 3-cross.
The history of this rear wheel is a bit complicated, but for details see (→here).
Built.
Black half-Champion Italian lacing—same lacing pattern as the original.
No tied-and-soldered connections, per the customer's request.
I probably won't use it again, but I carefully disassembled the wheel and salvaged the black CX-RAY spokes.
At 16,000 yen before tax, I hesitate to just cut them up willy-nilly for the next wheel build if they're not needed.
For the rear wheel, RL (rear left) outpokes are marked "反" (han)
and inpokes are marked "ぬ" (nu).
I use hiragana to distinguish clearly, since "反" and "ヌ" look similar.
The freewheel-side spokes are black Champion, but
plain spokes can be shortened without restriction, so I reused them.
First I removed the outpokes as shown in the image above,
cut them to length, returned them to the hub,
and then cut the inpokes too.
With this rim swap, the new rim is taller than the old one,
but the 2.2 is a tubeless rim while the 4.5 is a tubular rim, so
just because the rim height increased doesn't mean the rim weight got heavier.
When I converted the rear wheel to half-Champion before, I didn't weigh the rims either
(I could have since I did a full disassembly to change from reverse-Italian to Italian lacing,
when just converting the freewheel side would've sufficed),
but this time it seemed like a good opportunity, so I weighed all the rims.
Also, the 4.5 is older vintage.
The valve hole sticker has "Handmade in USA" on one side
and a serial number on the other—that's the older format.
From that point onward, both sides say "Handmade in USA".
What? You want me to tell you the rim weights already?
No way I'm giving that up for free.
Think about it yourself, man.
↑ yikes, what a jerk
Thank you for your patience!
Please see the image below!
SES2.2TL 20H (25mm depth / 399g claimed)!
SES2.2TL 24H (25mm depth / 399g claimed)!
SES4.5TU 20H (48mm depth / 362g claimed)!
SES4.5TU 24H (56mm depth / 395g claimed)!
↑ stooooop!
Continuing from last time.
I'm rebuilding the SES2.2 rear wheel with an SES4.5 rim.
ENVE carbon hub 24H. By hole count it's 2-cross lacing,
but due to the sparse and dense holes on the hub flanges it's effectively equivalent to 3-cross.
The history of this rear wheel is a bit complicated, but for details see (→here).
Built.
Black half-Champion Italian lacing—same lacing pattern as the original.
No tied-and-soldered connections, per the customer's request.
I probably won't use it again, but I carefully disassembled the wheel and salvaged the black CX-RAY spokes.
At 16,000 yen before tax, I hesitate to just cut them up willy-nilly for the next wheel build if they're not needed.
For the rear wheel, RL (rear left) outpokes are marked "反" (han)
and inpokes are marked "ぬ" (nu).
I use hiragana to distinguish clearly, since "反" and "ヌ" look similar.
The freewheel-side spokes are black Champion, but
plain spokes can be shortened without restriction, so I reused them.
First I removed the outpokes as shown in the image above,
cut them to length, returned them to the hub,
and then cut the inpokes too.
With this rim swap, the new rim is taller than the old one,
but the 2.2 is a tubeless rim while the 4.5 is a tubular rim, so
just because the rim height increased doesn't mean the rim weight got heavier.
When I converted the rear wheel to half-Champion before, I didn't weigh the rims either
(I could have since I did a full disassembly to change from reverse-Italian to Italian lacing,
when just converting the freewheel side would've sufficed),
but this time it seemed like a good opportunity, so I weighed all the rims.
Also, the 4.5 is older vintage.
The valve hole sticker has "Handmade in USA" on one side
and a serial number on the other—that's the older format.
From that point onward, both sides say "Handmade in USA".
What? You want me to tell you the rim weights already?
No way I'm giving that up for free.
Think about it yourself, man.
↑ yikes, what a jerk
Thank you for your patience!
Please see the image below!
SES2.2TL 20H (25mm depth / 399g claimed)!
SES2.2TL 24H (25mm depth / 399g claimed)!
SES4.5TU 20H (48mm depth / 362g claimed)!
SES4.5TU 24H (56mm depth / 395g claimed)!
↑ stooooop!