I took a couple days off
to create a conversion table for Sapim's CX Sprint 1st ST / 2nd ST
—spokes I've been using more frequently since they became consistently available a while back
（ST = spoke tension）.
Since I measure 1st ST using a Hozan meter, it becomes H1ST.
When building customer wheels,
it turned out to be impossible to take
1st ST readings "while I'm at it" in quarter-turn nipple increments.
With 20 spokes on a 20H radial front wheel,
there's tension variation across them, so
I number the spokes 1–20
and take 1st ST readings on each one.
Below the minimum tension needed for the wheel to function as a wheel,
you get spokes that are absurdly loose
（the kind that wobble when you shake a half-built wheel）,
but once you tension it to a decent level, the relationship between
somewhat-higher-tension spokes and somewhat-lower-tension spokes
never reverses.
With normal wheel building, the final step is
"target tension / no runout / perfectly centered,"
but for verification wheels I need to maintain
nearly zero runout and perfect centering even at low tension.
↑I'm selling the byproduct wheel from that work at a special price.
The rim is AL22W, and the rear rim is not an offset rim.
The rear wheel is unrelated to my CX Sprint research,
but selling just the front wheel felt awkward,
and I had another research project going
（it's meal-ticket intel, so I can't get into details）,
so I built it.
Evolite hub, 24H, black, half-comp 4x4 lacing.
I'll thread the spokes later.
The nipples are basically black aluminum, with
red nipples only on both sides of the valve hole.
This is for convenience with my research—
it has nothing to do with wheel performance.
In hindsight, I could've just taped over the valve hole with non-black tape.
Oh well.
The rim weights aren't exhaustively measured,
but they're roughly in this ballpark. The AL22W rim's listed weight
doesn't distinguish between offset and non-offset at 445g,
but the non-offset tends to run around 430g+, while offset
runs around 450g.
I went with a REVO hub instead of an Evolite.
The Revo disc hub comes only in thru-axle, front and rear, 24H,
but the Revo hub has the front in 20H only and the rear in 16:8 24H only—
the rear hub is of no use to me.
The front can serve as a substitute when Evolite hub 20H stock runs out
（I stock this intentionally; our Evolite hub inventory isn't depleted）.
The flange hole diameter is larger than the Evolite hub,
so it's（more） suited to tangent lacing.
The price matches the Evolite hub, but
the REVO hub comes with a quick release.
It doesn't look like it clamps very hard, so I don't really need it.
The front wheel spokes will be CX Sprint,
and sure enough, there's an abnormal amount of oil residue on the surface.
The spoke bundles smell of machine oil,
they get your hands dirty when you touch them, and dust sticks like crazy（see above image）.
Once you clean them, they feel silky smooth to the touch.
CX Sprint comes in threadless spec, but
normally the manufacturer would apply cutting oil while roll-threading the threads,
then do a degreasing step.
Since CX Sprint skips the thread-rolling process altogether,
I suspect the degreasing step is also skipped.
Built.
REVO hub, 20H, black CX Sprint outpoke radial lacing.
This one also has red aluminum nipples only on both sides of the valve hole.
For this, there's no performance reason or research benefit—
it's purely "to match the rear wheel aesthetically."
I'd intended to build one spoke tangent on the front wheel,
but I didn't have time.
Since the rear already has 4, I need to build at least one more front wheel.
The selling price is ¥44,000（tax included）for the pair.
At this price point,
there's basically no other wheelset with a lighter, stiffer rim.
Almost forgot—the rims are tubeless ready.
For stock inquiries, please call or visit the shop.
When you do, please ask for "the AL22W special-price wheels."
to create a conversion table for Sapim's CX Sprint 1st ST / 2nd ST
—spokes I've been using more frequently since they became consistently available a while back
（ST = spoke tension）.
Since I measure 1st ST using a Hozan meter, it becomes H1ST.
When building customer wheels,
it turned out to be impossible to take
1st ST readings "while I'm at it" in quarter-turn nipple increments.
With 20 spokes on a 20H radial front wheel,
there's tension variation across them, so
I number the spokes 1–20
and take 1st ST readings on each one.
Below the minimum tension needed for the wheel to function as a wheel,
you get spokes that are absurdly loose
（the kind that wobble when you shake a half-built wheel）,
but once you tension it to a decent level, the relationship between
somewhat-higher-tension spokes and somewhat-lower-tension spokes
never reverses.
With normal wheel building, the final step is
"target tension / no runout / perfectly centered,"
but for verification wheels I need to maintain
nearly zero runout and perfect centering even at low tension.
↑I'm selling the byproduct wheel from that work at a special price.
The rim is AL22W, and the rear rim is not an offset rim.
The rear wheel is unrelated to my CX Sprint research,
but selling just the front wheel felt awkward,
and I had another research project going
（it's meal-ticket intel, so I can't get into details）,
so I built it.
Evolite hub, 24H, black, half-comp 4x4 lacing.
I'll thread the spokes later.
The nipples are basically black aluminum, with
red nipples only on both sides of the valve hole.
This is for convenience with my research—
it has nothing to do with wheel performance.
In hindsight, I could've just taped over the valve hole with non-black tape.
Oh well.
The rim weights aren't exhaustively measured,
but they're roughly in this ballpark. The AL22W rim's listed weight
doesn't distinguish between offset and non-offset at 445g,
but the non-offset tends to run around 430g+, while offset
runs around 450g.
I went with a REVO hub instead of an Evolite.
The Revo disc hub comes only in thru-axle, front and rear, 24H,
but the Revo hub has the front in 20H only and the rear in 16:8 24H only—
the rear hub is of no use to me.
The front can serve as a substitute when Evolite hub 20H stock runs out
（I stock this intentionally; our Evolite hub inventory isn't depleted）.
The flange hole diameter is larger than the Evolite hub,
so it's（more） suited to tangent lacing.
The price matches the Evolite hub, but
the REVO hub comes with a quick release.
It doesn't look like it clamps very hard, so I don't really need it.
The front wheel spokes will be CX Sprint,
and sure enough, there's an abnormal amount of oil residue on the surface.
The spoke bundles smell of machine oil,
they get your hands dirty when you touch them, and dust sticks like crazy（see above image）.
Once you clean them, they feel silky smooth to the touch.
CX Sprint comes in threadless spec, but
normally the manufacturer would apply cutting oil while roll-threading the threads,
then do a degreasing step.
Since CX Sprint skips the thread-rolling process altogether,
I suspect the degreasing step is also skipped.
Built.
REVO hub, 20H, black CX Sprint outpoke radial lacing.
This one also has red aluminum nipples only on both sides of the valve hole.
For this, there's no performance reason or research benefit—
it's purely "to match the rear wheel aesthetically."
I'd intended to build one spoke tangent on the front wheel,
but I didn't have time.
Since the rear already has 4, I need to build at least one more front wheel.
The selling price is ¥44,000（tax included）for the pair.
there's basically no other wheelset with a lighter, stiffer rim.
Almost forgot—the rims are tubeless ready.
For stock inquiries, please call or visit the shop.
When you do, please ask for "the AL22W special-price wheels."