I received a Neutron rear wheel from a customer.
The hub is the same as the Nucleon (ニュークリオン), and
the spokes have changed from silver to black.
The machining between rim holes still isn't there.
One spoke was missing, and
it looks like it broke at the boundary with the nipple.
Fixed.
This is a bit of a tangent, but
all Nucleon-series wheels have reverse hole drilling.
The only real problem with this is probably how you thread the spokes initially when replacing a rim.
Also, though this is specific to my situation,
↑freehub side
↑non-freehub side
on the rear rim, since it's an offset rim, the non-freehub side rim holes are positioned at a critical point that won't work without internal nipples, so you can't modify it to use standard nipples.
With the Nucleon and the original Neutron,
the internal nipples and nipple washers were brass, so
converting to standard nipples and using aluminum nipples resulted in shorter spoke lengths and
about 20g of weight savings
(all peripheral weight at that)
but with the Neutron Ultra,
both the internal nipples and nipple washers became aluminum, so
it only got about 5g lighter.
↑the spoke I replaced
The Nucleon-series rear wheel has quite a bit of left-right diameter difference, so
the freehub side spokes are quite wide aerodynamic profiles.
That's where it broke.
But in the image above, the nipple leaning against the spoke appears to be floating, and
it really has an incredibly photoshopped look to it.
The hub is the same as the Nucleon (ニュークリオン), and
the spokes have changed from silver to black.
The machining between rim holes still isn't there.
One spoke was missing, and
it looks like it broke at the boundary with the nipple.
Fixed.
This is a bit of a tangent, but
all Nucleon-series wheels have reverse hole drilling.
The only real problem with this is probably how you thread the spokes initially when replacing a rim.
Also, though this is specific to my situation,
↑freehub side
↑non-freehub side
on the rear rim, since it's an offset rim, the non-freehub side rim holes are positioned at a critical point that won't work without internal nipples, so you can't modify it to use standard nipples.
With the Nucleon and the original Neutron,
the internal nipples and nipple washers were brass, so
converting to standard nipples and using aluminum nipples resulted in shorter spoke lengths and
about 20g of weight savings
(all peripheral weight at that)
but with the Neutron Ultra,
both the internal nipples and nipple washers became aluminum, so
it only got about 5g lighter.
↑the spoke I replaced
The Nucleon-series rear wheel has quite a bit of left-right diameter difference, so
the freehub side spokes are quite wide aerodynamic profiles.
That's where it broke.
But in the image above, the nipple leaning against the spoke appears to be floating, and
it really has an incredibly photoshopped look to it.