Another day, another wheel build (and so on).
I built a front wheel using a Kinlin XR240 rim.
There's a rim with the same name for 700C as well, but this one is for small-wheeled bikes.
It's apparently used for BD-1 builds.
The hub is the same as the Evolite hub (or rather, the original design it's based on)—
a Novatech 291 hub, 24H, with black 15-gauge spokes
built in reverse Nuppo (anti-spoke radial) pattern.
DT is the current distributor, but since black Champion 15-gauge spokes
aren't a standard stock item anymore,
they can't be obtained unless you special order them.
This rim has some really meticulous machining on the inner peaks.
There's no seam step at all.
Some Kinlin rims do have a slight seam step,
but compared to ALEXRIMS, this is far superior.
Since this is a small-diameter rim with a large radius when bending the curtain-rail-shaped material,
gaps tend to form on the outer side, but
it was already closing up nicely before I even applied spoke tension.
As for ALEXRIMS rims,
especially the ones used in disc brake complete wheelsets,
I've noticed quite a few with prominent seam steps that would be unusable if they were rim brakes.
There's a real sense of "cutting corners because nobody will notice."
I built a front wheel using a Kinlin XR240 rim.
There's a rim with the same name for 700C as well, but this one is for small-wheeled bikes.
It's apparently used for BD-1 builds.
The hub is the same as the Evolite hub (or rather, the original design it's based on)—
a Novatech 291 hub, 24H, with black 15-gauge spokes
built in reverse Nuppo (anti-spoke radial) pattern.
DT is the current distributor, but since black Champion 15-gauge spokes
aren't a standard stock item anymore,
they can't be obtained unless you special order them.
This rim has some really meticulous machining on the inner peaks.
There's no seam step at all.
Some Kinlin rims do have a slight seam step,
but compared to ALEXRIMS, this is far superior.
Since this is a small-diameter rim with a large radius when bending the curtain-rail-shaped material,
gaps tend to form on the outer side, but
it was already closing up nicely before I even applied spoke tension.
As for ALEXRIMS rims,
especially the ones used in disc brake complete wheelsets,
I've noticed quite a few with prominent seam steps that would be unusable if they were rim brakes.
There's a real sense of "cutting corners because nobody will notice."