Wheels again (and so on).
I was planning to dedicate today entirely to wheel building, but that didn't work out.
However, I did manage to complete the wheels I'd promised.
ZIPP 303s.
This ZIPP hub has radial lacing on the freehub side.
You can find examples of steel spokes being used this way on wheels like Ksyrium Elite and SRAM,
so perhaps the phenomenon of "spokes getting twisted from freewheel body torque" doesn't occur noticeably enough during actual riding.
The non-freehub side doesn't have a small flange, so it's not as obvious,
but it's actually quite a high-low flange hub.
With radial lacing on the freehub side—the ultimate asymmetrical lacing—combined with a high-low flange,
this is a hub with significant spoke tension correction between left and right.
The rim is made in-house, and the hub is also "engineered," so
this really feels like a true complete wheelset.
Built it.
The customer wanted full CX-RAY for lightness, so that's what I did.
With a light rim and a light hub (for a PowerTap, the G3 is surprisingly light),
it ended up lighter than you'd expect for a PowerTap wheelset.
The non-freehub side six-spoke lacing and wired solder joints are about 15g heavier compared to four-spoke lacing,
but that's a point I can't compromise on.
And now something else. Like the previous one,
I got into the included snacks before I even touched the wheels.
Forgive me.
Built it.
This is a customer's hub, but since the Tni hub hasn't arrived yet,
we might build the Nomulabo wheels with this hub instead.
It's still undecided, so I can't say for sure.
The PowerTap rear wheel is also built.
This one has Competizione on the freehub side and CX-RAY on the non-freehub side.
If you want to suppress left-right twist and prioritize torque transmission efficiency (or in other words, good engagement),
you could just use thicker spokes on the freehub side,
but 2.0mm plain gauge worries me for weight.
So I frequently use 2.0-1.8-2.0mm Competition spokes instead.
I was planning to dedicate today entirely to wheel building, but that didn't work out.
However, I did manage to complete the wheels I'd promised.
ZIPP 303s.
This ZIPP hub has radial lacing on the freehub side.
You can find examples of steel spokes being used this way on wheels like Ksyrium Elite and SRAM,
so perhaps the phenomenon of "spokes getting twisted from freewheel body torque" doesn't occur noticeably enough during actual riding.
The non-freehub side doesn't have a small flange, so it's not as obvious,
but it's actually quite a high-low flange hub.
With radial lacing on the freehub side—the ultimate asymmetrical lacing—combined with a high-low flange,
this is a hub with significant spoke tension correction between left and right.
The rim is made in-house, and the hub is also "engineered," so
this really feels like a true complete wheelset.
Built it.
The customer wanted full CX-RAY for lightness, so that's what I did.
With a light rim and a light hub (for a PowerTap, the G3 is surprisingly light),
it ended up lighter than you'd expect for a PowerTap wheelset.
The non-freehub side six-spoke lacing and wired solder joints are about 15g heavier compared to four-spoke lacing,
but that's a point I can't compromise on.
And now something else. Like the previous one,
I got into the included snacks before I even touched the wheels.
Forgive me.
Built it.
This is a customer's hub, but since the Tni hub hasn't arrived yet,
we might build the Nomulabo wheels with this hub instead.
It's still undecided, so I can't say for sure.
The PowerTap rear wheel is also built.
This one has Competizione on the freehub side and CX-RAY on the non-freehub side.
If you want to suppress left-right twist and prioritize torque transmission efficiency (or in other words, good engagement),
you could just use thicker spokes on the freehub side,
but 2.0mm plain gauge worries me for weight.
So I frequently use 2.0-1.8-2.0mm Competition spokes instead.