Wednesday is normally closed, but a customer who can only stay in Osaka until today came by, so I opened the shop.
Since I opened up, there's no way I can leave without building a wheel.
So that's what I'm doing today—wheel building again.
I built a disc brake front wheel using a Tni CX22 tubular rim.
That tube monster in the photo has nothing to do with the wheel.
Please ignore it.
Revo disc hub, 24H, half-CX sprint 64 reverse Italian laced.
Gold aluminum nipples.
I'll finish the spoke wrapping later.
This CX22 rim in 24H was also scheduled to arrive by the end of December, and it actually did arrive around that time—it's a Tni aluminum rim that was previously out of stock.
I built a wheel with a 28H rim back in mid-November (→here), but that one was originally supposed to be built with a 24H rim.
However, since this wheel was for cyclocross use, several races would have passed while waiting for the rim to arrive, so I switched to the 28H that was in stock.
This wheel is being built with a Tni Revo disc hub, and since the Revo disc hub only comes in 24H, I waited for the 24H rim to arrive.
Also, this one was meant for disc road use, not cyclocross.
Even though it's a wheel for disc brakes, I'm building it with a rim that has a brake zone, because there are almost no tubular rims that are wide with anodize all the way to the sides.
Maybe just Velocity's Major Tom (→here).
Major Tom comes with a brake zone finish option, but the NONmswn (Non Machined Side Wall) specification means no brake zone machining.
Since I opened up, there's no way I can leave without building a wheel.
So that's what I'm doing today—wheel building again.
I built a disc brake front wheel using a Tni CX22 tubular rim.
That tube monster in the photo has nothing to do with the wheel.
Please ignore it.
Revo disc hub, 24H, half-CX sprint 64 reverse Italian laced.
Gold aluminum nipples.
I'll finish the spoke wrapping later.
This CX22 rim in 24H was also scheduled to arrive by the end of December, and it actually did arrive around that time—it's a Tni aluminum rim that was previously out of stock.
I built a wheel with a 28H rim back in mid-November (→here), but that one was originally supposed to be built with a 24H rim.
However, since this wheel was for cyclocross use, several races would have passed while waiting for the rim to arrive, so I switched to the 28H that was in stock.
This wheel is being built with a Tni Revo disc hub, and since the Revo disc hub only comes in 24H, I waited for the 24H rim to arrive.
Also, this one was meant for disc road use, not cyclocross.
Even though it's a wheel for disc brakes, I'm building it with a rim that has a brake zone, because there are almost no tubular rims that are wide with anodize all the way to the sides.
Maybe just Velocity's Major Tom (→here).
Major Tom comes with a brake zone finish option, but the NONmswn (Non Machined Side Wall) specification means no brake zone machining.