More wheel work today (and so on).
A customer brought in the front wheel from a Token Resolute C45 for repair.
The rim had buckled after being heated up by brake friction,
and the bead hook is deformed. It's hard to see in the photo, but
the lower bead hook is no longer straight—it's bulged out.
We're reusing just the hub and rebuilding it with a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 7 rim.
The C45 rim complete wheels have lots of specification variations—
some with straight spokes, some with bent-head spokes,
some with aero spokes, some with round spokes—but
the original spec was bent-head with round butted spokes.
Since the rim heights are different, we can't reuse the original spokes,
but honestly, even if the length had worked out, I wouldn't reuse them anyway.
All built up.
Token hub, 20H, black CX Sprint, rear-pull spokes, radial lacing.
A customer brought in the front wheel from a Token Resolute C45 for repair.
The rim had buckled after being heated up by brake friction,
and the bead hook is deformed. It's hard to see in the photo, but
the lower bead hook is no longer straight—it's bulged out.
We're reusing just the hub and rebuilding it with a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 7 rim.
The C45 rim complete wheels have lots of specification variations—
some with straight spokes, some with bent-head spokes,
some with aero spokes, some with round spokes—but
the original spec was bent-head with round butted spokes.
Since the rim heights are different, we can't reuse the original spokes,
but honestly, even if the length had worked out, I wouldn't reuse them anyway.
All built up.
Token hub, 20H, black CX Sprint, rear-pull spokes, radial lacing.