Today it's wheels again (and so on).
Tnî aluminum rims that had been out of stock for about three months finally came in.
The Nomulab Wheel #5 rims were also on long-term backorder at our wholesaler,
but since we've had painful experiences with #5 rims in the past,
we keep our in-stock supply of both 20H and 24H versions above 20 units each.
What came in today was different rims besides those.
Anyway, back to rebuilding wheels (and so on).
Following the front wheel from the other day, I'm rebuilding the rear wheel of the Marchisio.
I've marked three spots with tape, but
the spokes are twisted.
I could repair it by replacing just those spokes with ones of different colors,
but in the end I decided to replace all the spokes.
I received a comment that these spokes are Alpina brand.
If that's the case, the wheel was most likely assembled within Italy
(the rim actually says so anyway).
There were no markings on the spoke heads,
but I could tell from the dimensions and magnetic properties that they weren't Sapim.
The hub is a 16:8H configuration built as 24H.
While 2:1 lacing is fine in itself, the narrow flange width makes it difficult to create a proper wheel
even by replacing just the spokes (or changing gauge),
so I decided to rebuild it with a hub that has equal spoke holes on both sides.
Saying this makes the original wheel sound terrible,
but that's the reality, so there's nothing I can do about it.
The freebody is for Campagnolo,
but I'm rebuilding it with a Shimano 11-speed hub.
If the groupset parts are both 11-speed, Ergopower levers and
Shimano sprockets will work without any issues.
I do the same on my regular bike,
and in that case I simply align
the Campagnolo rear derailleur to the Shimano sprocket position,
but when swapping rear wheels equipped with
Shimano 11-speed and Campagnolo 11-speed sprockets,
you need a spacer (→here) to bridge the difference in initial sprocket position.
When I recently inspected this customer's other wheel (Shimano 11-speed),
I had already sold that spacer to them.
The rim is WH007, the same as the front wheel,
but the spoke hole offset on the outer perimeter was set for 2:1 lacing.
However, since there's no spoke hole offset on the inner perimeter,
there's no problem rebuilding it with equal-sided lacing.
Where the outer perimeter spoke holes align correctly,
the tool sits along the extension of the spoke's trajectory, but
where they don't align, the relationship between spoke and tool becomes V-shaped.
The wheel is somewhat more difficult to build,
but the outer perimeter spoke hole offset is irrelevant to the finished state.
It's built.
Evolite hub, 24H, black half-comp, 2:1 lacing.
It's basically Nomulab Wheel #2.
I'll do the truing later.
Tnî aluminum rims that had been out of stock for about three months finally came in.
The Nomulab Wheel #5 rims were also on long-term backorder at our wholesaler,
but since we've had painful experiences with #5 rims in the past,
we keep our in-stock supply of both 20H and 24H versions above 20 units each.
What came in today was different rims besides those.
Anyway, back to rebuilding wheels (and so on).
Following the front wheel from the other day, I'm rebuilding the rear wheel of the Marchisio.
I've marked three spots with tape, but
the spokes are twisted.
I could repair it by replacing just those spokes with ones of different colors,
but in the end I decided to replace all the spokes.
I received a comment that these spokes are Alpina brand.
If that's the case, the wheel was most likely assembled within Italy
(the rim actually says so anyway).
There were no markings on the spoke heads,
but I could tell from the dimensions and magnetic properties that they weren't Sapim.
The hub is a 16:8H configuration built as 24H.
While 2:1 lacing is fine in itself, the narrow flange width makes it difficult to create a proper wheel
even by replacing just the spokes (or changing gauge),
so I decided to rebuild it with a hub that has equal spoke holes on both sides.
Saying this makes the original wheel sound terrible,
but that's the reality, so there's nothing I can do about it.
The freebody is for Campagnolo,
but I'm rebuilding it with a Shimano 11-speed hub.
If the groupset parts are both 11-speed, Ergopower levers and
Shimano sprockets will work without any issues.
I do the same on my regular bike,
and in that case I simply align
the Campagnolo rear derailleur to the Shimano sprocket position,
but when swapping rear wheels equipped with
Shimano 11-speed and Campagnolo 11-speed sprockets,
you need a spacer (→here) to bridge the difference in initial sprocket position.
When I recently inspected this customer's other wheel (Shimano 11-speed),
I had already sold that spacer to them.
The rim is WH007, the same as the front wheel,
but the spoke hole offset on the outer perimeter was set for 2:1 lacing.
However, since there's no spoke hole offset on the inner perimeter,
there's no problem rebuilding it with equal-sided lacing.
Where the outer perimeter spoke holes align correctly,
the tool sits along the extension of the spoke's trajectory, but
where they don't align, the relationship between spoke and tool becomes V-shaped.
The wheel is somewhat more difficult to build,
but the outer perimeter spoke hole offset is irrelevant to the finished state.
It's built.
Evolite hub, 24H, black half-comp, 2:1 lacing.
It's basically Nomulab Wheel #2.
I'll do the truing later.