Another day with wheels (and so on).
A customer left me with Nomu Lab Wheel #4.
Whether it's because tubulars are a hassle, I'm not sure,
but they requested a rim swap to Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Black hub, 20H, four-cross Italian lacing.
The spoke length can be reused since it will be shorter within the adjustable range.
Since these spokes are way cheaper than CX-RAY,
we might not need to reuse them,
but this time I decided to go ahead and reuse them.
First, I pull out only the leading spokes
and then cut them to length, roll the threads, and clean them.
Then I do the same with the trailing spokes,
being careful not to mix them up.
↑Left side of the image is leading spokes, right side is trailing spokes.
There's enough difference in the neck shape that they should be kept separate.
I reuse the leading spokes as leading spokes and trailing spokes as trailing spokes,
which I do because we're doing four-cross lacing again after the rebuild—
if we were switching to radial lacing, I'd use new spokes instead.
The pull marks on the hub flange holes
are also aligned to match the original lacing pattern.
↑Like this.
Since the rim height is changing, the path won't be exactly the same.
I usually rebuild rear wheels from four-cross or six-cross lacing
into configurations like four-six cross,
but in those cases, at least one set of
the pull marks won't align with either pattern.
Done building it up.
A customer left me with Nomu Lab Wheel #4.
Whether it's because tubulars are a hassle, I'm not sure,
but they requested a rim swap to Nomu Lab Wheel #1.
Black hub, 20H, four-cross Italian lacing.
The spoke length can be reused since it will be shorter within the adjustable range.
Since these spokes are way cheaper than CX-RAY,
we might not need to reuse them,
but this time I decided to go ahead and reuse them.
First, I pull out only the leading spokes
and then cut them to length, roll the threads, and clean them.
Then I do the same with the trailing spokes,
being careful not to mix them up.
↑Left side of the image is leading spokes, right side is trailing spokes.
There's enough difference in the neck shape that they should be kept separate.
I reuse the leading spokes as leading spokes and trailing spokes as trailing spokes,
which I do because we're doing four-cross lacing again after the rebuild—
if we were switching to radial lacing, I'd use new spokes instead.
The pull marks on the hub flange holes
are also aligned to match the original lacing pattern.
↑Like this.
Since the rim height is changing, the path won't be exactly the same.
I usually rebuild rear wheels from four-cross or six-cross lacing
into configurations like four-six cross,
but in those cases, at least one set of
the pull marks won't align with either pattern.
Done building it up.