Wednesday is normally our day off, but a customer who can only be in Osaka until today came by, so I opened the shop.
Since I opened up, there's no way I'm leaving without doing some wheel building (you know how it is).
So anyway, more wheel building today.
Built a front wheel for disc brakes
using a Tni CX22 tubular rim.
That tube monster is unrelated to the wheel.
Don't worry about it.
Revo disc hub, 24H, half CX sprint 46-spoke reverse Italian lacing.
Gold aluminum nipples.
I'll do the truing later.
This CX22 rim in 24H was one of Tni's out-of-stock aluminum rims that arrived right around the planned December end delivery date.
I built a wheel with a 28H rim back in mid-November (→here),
but that one was also originally supposed to be built with a 24H rim.
However, since this wheel was for cyclocross, several races would pass by
while waiting for the rim, so
I switched to the 28H that was in stock.
This wheel was supposed to be 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 is for disc road use, not cyclocross.
Even though it's a disc brake wheel, I'm building it with a rim that has a brake zone
because tubular rims with full-width anodizing that are truly wide
are almost non-existent.
Maybe just Velocity's Major Tom (→here).
Major Tom does come with a machined brake zone finish option, but
there's also the NONmsw (Non Machined Side Wall) spec
which has no brake zone milling.
Since I opened up, there's no way I'm leaving without doing some wheel building (you know how it is).
So anyway, more wheel building today.
Built a front wheel for disc brakes
using a Tni CX22 tubular rim.
That tube monster is unrelated to the wheel.
Don't worry about it.
Revo disc hub, 24H, half CX sprint 46-spoke reverse Italian lacing.
Gold aluminum nipples.
I'll do the truing later.
This CX22 rim in 24H was one of Tni's out-of-stock aluminum rims that arrived right around the planned December end delivery date.
I built a wheel with a 28H rim back in mid-November (→here),
but that one was also originally supposed to be built with a 24H rim.
However, since this wheel was for cyclocross, several races would pass by
while waiting for the rim, so
I switched to the 28H that was in stock.
This wheel was supposed to be 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 is for disc road use, not cyclocross.
Even though it's a disc brake wheel, I'm building it with a rim that has a brake zone
because tubular rims with full-width anodizing that are truly wide
are almost non-existent.
Maybe just Velocity's Major Tom (→here).
Major Tom does come with a machined brake zone finish option, but
there's also the NONmsw (Non Machined Side Wall) spec
which has no brake zone milling.