I received a Bora One 35 Tubular Dark Label wheel set from a customer for inspection.
I've only photographed the rear wheel here, but I inspected both front and rear wheels.
There was almost no runout, but both wheels had slight hub centering issues. However, this Bora One has been converted to CULT (Campagnolo Ultra-Light Technology) by the customer
(they even bought special tools for it),
and it's quite likely that the centering shift occurred either because the hub was pressed in too forcefully during the conversion,
or simply from the act of disassembling and reassembling the hub itself.
It's not that the customer did anything wrong — I'd get the same result doing it myself.
Sometimes the hub-to-rim press-fit from the factory is slightly loose,
and even if this hadn't been converted to CULT, just pressing on the hub with tools alone
could introduce centering shift of about a sheet of paper's thickness.
The "Bora One Point Five" in the title is my own made-up term
referring to a Bora One that was later converted to CULT.
But this wheel has
another value as a subject for this blog post.
Looking at just the wheel bag that contained the front wheel:
Once again (→here) the inner padding fabric
had a Calvin Klein logo-like pattern.
But last time it was a Fulcrum bag,
so I'm wondering if Fulcrum and Campagnolo might share the same wheel bag manufacturer.
Taking that thought further, there's a possibility that the wheels themselves
are made by the same manufacturer. I've actually been suspicious about this for a while now.
I've only photographed the rear wheel here, but I inspected both front and rear wheels.
There was almost no runout, but both wheels had slight hub centering issues. However, this Bora One has been converted to CULT (Campagnolo Ultra-Light Technology) by the customer
(they even bought special tools for it),
and it's quite likely that the centering shift occurred either because the hub was pressed in too forcefully during the conversion,
or simply from the act of disassembling and reassembling the hub itself.
It's not that the customer did anything wrong — I'd get the same result doing it myself.
Sometimes the hub-to-rim press-fit from the factory is slightly loose,
and even if this hadn't been converted to CULT, just pressing on the hub with tools alone
could introduce centering shift of about a sheet of paper's thickness.
The "Bora One Point Five" in the title is my own made-up term
referring to a Bora One that was later converted to CULT.
But this wheel has
another value as a subject for this blog post.
Looking at just the wheel bag that contained the front wheel:
Once again (→here) the inner padding fabric
had a Calvin Klein logo-like pattern.
But last time it was a Fulcrum bag,
so I'm wondering if Fulcrum and Campagnolo might share the same wheel bag manufacturer.
Taking that thought further, there's a possibility that the wheels themselves
are made by the same manufacturer. I've actually been suspicious about this for a while now.