Another wheel day (and so on).
I built a rear wheel with a DT RR411db rim.
With a Revo Disc hub, 24H, semi-competitive 46-spoke lacing pattern with J.I.S. wiring.
At the customer's request, I've attached magnets to the spokes using heat shrink tubing.
Because I was waiting for these to arrive, I couldn't build it at the same time as the front wheel.
Actual measured weight of the rear wheel.
The front wheel I built the other day also has wiring,
and I weighed that too.
Since the weight didn't change by even 1g from when I measured it beforehand without wiring but with the magnets, the wiring comes in at less than 1g (at least for six points on one side of a 24H).
The customer said "if possible, please keep it under 1600g," and it actually came in at 1503g. But I'm only interested in the rim's individual weight and how rigid I can build it, so I don't even remember the average weight of the front and rear wheels of the Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
If I had built the rear wheel with full CX-RAY spokes instead of semi-competitive lacing, it would have come in under 1400g, but I can say with certainty that wouldn't be a superior wheel.
Information like the weight of front and rear wheels without quick releases (rim tape may or may not be included depending on the case) isn't particularly meaningful since rim weights are uncertain.
I suppose someone might ask: isn't there interest in knowing this among professional riders who need to keep their bike weight under 6.8kg?
But I've never actually been asked for that reason.
It's only when building a super-lightweight bike under 5kg that you'd be concerned about overall weight.
↑This is the weight of an LWC 25mm deep carbon rim I built previously,
↑and this is the weight when built as a rear wheel, but honestly, I don't care about stuff like that.
This rear wheel also uses semi-competitive 46-spoke lacing, but if I were to build it with full CX-RAY 44-spoke lacing,
the drive side would be about 19.5g lighter due to different spoke sizes,
and the non-drive side would be 2.5g lighter due to length differences, but doing that would make it just an "ordinary wheel."
↑This is a front wheel with an early EDGE 25mm rim, but if you're told the wheel weight without knowing the rim weight, doesn't something feel off?
However, manufacturers typically only announce the weight in this state.
I'm not providing that kind of analysis here, my apologies.
Also, I've written about this sort of thing in the past (→here)
I built a rear wheel with a DT RR411db rim.
With a Revo Disc hub, 24H, semi-competitive 46-spoke lacing pattern with J.I.S. wiring.
At the customer's request, I've attached magnets to the spokes using heat shrink tubing.
Because I was waiting for these to arrive, I couldn't build it at the same time as the front wheel.
Actual measured weight of the rear wheel.
The front wheel I built the other day also has wiring,
and I weighed that too.
Since the weight didn't change by even 1g from when I measured it beforehand without wiring but with the magnets, the wiring comes in at less than 1g (at least for six points on one side of a 24H).
The customer said "if possible, please keep it under 1600g," and it actually came in at 1503g. But I'm only interested in the rim's individual weight and how rigid I can build it, so I don't even remember the average weight of the front and rear wheels of the Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
If I had built the rear wheel with full CX-RAY spokes instead of semi-competitive lacing, it would have come in under 1400g, but I can say with certainty that wouldn't be a superior wheel.
Information like the weight of front and rear wheels without quick releases (rim tape may or may not be included depending on the case) isn't particularly meaningful since rim weights are uncertain.
I suppose someone might ask: isn't there interest in knowing this among professional riders who need to keep their bike weight under 6.8kg?
But I've never actually been asked for that reason.
It's only when building a super-lightweight bike under 5kg that you'd be concerned about overall weight.
↑This is the weight of an LWC 25mm deep carbon rim I built previously,
↑and this is the weight when built as a rear wheel, but honestly, I don't care about stuff like that.
This rear wheel also uses semi-competitive 46-spoke lacing, but if I were to build it with full CX-RAY 44-spoke lacing,
the drive side would be about 19.5g lighter due to different spoke sizes,
and the non-drive side would be 2.5g lighter due to length differences, but doing that would make it just an "ordinary wheel."
↑This is a front wheel with an early EDGE 25mm rim, but if you're told the wheel weight without knowing the rim weight, doesn't something feel off?
However, manufacturers typically only announce the weight in this state.
I'm not providing that kind of analysis here, my apologies.
Also, I've written about this sort of thing in the past (→here)