Today it's wheels again (and so on).
I built a front wheel with a Shimano dynamo hub.
The rim is an ALEXRIMS CX24
32 hole, fully competizione Italian-style lacing.
Utility bike front wheels are typically laced JIS-style,
but dynamo hubs have distinct left and right properties
and don't get installed backwards, so I went with Italian lacing.
Silver spokes and silver nipples, but at the phase point directly below the rim decal,
I installed a colored nipple to match that spot.
The hub is a DH-C2100-N.
The "N" at the end means nut retention,
and with quick release it becomes "QR" instead.
Furthermore, for small-wheel bikes (20–24 inches),
an additional "C" is appended to the end, making it NC or QRC.
This hub first appeared in the 2017 catalog year,
and through to the 2021 catalog,
only 36-hole versions have been listed.
But a 32-hole version existed, so I went with that.
Going with a 36-hole hub would have extremely limited my options for double-wall 700C rims, so I really wanted the 32-hole.
I built a front wheel with a Shimano dynamo hub.
The rim is an ALEXRIMS CX24
32 hole, fully competizione Italian-style lacing.
Utility bike front wheels are typically laced JIS-style,
but dynamo hubs have distinct left and right properties
and don't get installed backwards, so I went with Italian lacing.
Silver spokes and silver nipples, but at the phase point directly below the rim decal,
I installed a colored nipple to match that spot.
The hub is a DH-C2100-N.
The "N" at the end means nut retention,
and with quick release it becomes "QR" instead.
Furthermore, for small-wheel bikes (20–24 inches),
an additional "C" is appended to the end, making it NC or QRC.
This hub first appeared in the 2017 catalog year,
and through to the 2021 catalog,
only 36-hole versions have been listed.
But a 32-hole version existed, so I went with that.
Going with a 36-hole hub would have extremely limited my options for double-wall 700C rims, so I really wanted the 32-hole.