Another day with wheels (and so on).
Another day with PowerTap (and so on).
The front hub is also from CycleOps.
Looking at the assembly marks, both front and rear were laced in reverse Italian pattern.
The front wheel can be flipped over to convert Italian lacing to reverse Italian, but
when the hub logo faces the direction of travel in the correct orientation,
it was laced in the reverse Italian pattern.
Since I'm doing radial lacing next time, it won't matter anyway.
Some of the red grease color from the original assembly remained,
so I'd say the hub is in pretty good condition.
But I cleaned it anyway.
It's a halfhearted tape job, but it seems grease damage and deterioration are common.
I sealed it with heat shrink tubing.
Even if I try to slide it by hand from this state, it won't budge.
Someone who suggested heat shrink tubing in the comments sent me a reply.
In it they wrote something like "But you already knew about this, right?"
Our shop already had a heat gun and
heat shrink tubing (though not this size) on hand,
but the idea of using it here hadn't occurred to me,
so I really did receive a helpful suggestion.
Thank you very much.
All assembled.
I personally love high spoke count radial lacing.
The way the spokes reflect light when spinning with no magnets or anything attached
is simply beautiful.
The rear wheel is laced semi-comp 48-spoke style.
The goal was to "increase stiffness compared to before the rebuild,"
but since we received just the hub initially,
I can't tell if it's actually stiffer than before.
The XR200 rim is somewhat limiting in terms of conditions,
but the 32-hole count is fortunate.
I tensioned it as much as this rim allows.
(Actually, I could tension the spokes a bit more,
but that increases the risk of spoke neck breakage.
This represents the upper limit of the proper range, not the rim's limit.)
Today I spent until 8 PM responding to emails and comments,
then assembled wheels after closing.
I've only managed to respond to messages up to around June 11th.
For orders placed before June 15th, the old prices will naturally apply,
so please bear with me.
The other day, I noted that Bontrager's wheels use a DT rear hub with
freewheel side: nipple-oriented flange / non-freewheel side: straight-pull spoke flange,
while Fulcrum's mid-range wheels were the opposite (→here).
But I apologize—that particular Fulcrum was actually
freewheel nipple / non-freewheel straight-pull as well.
Ionce owned a Racing 5 as an experimental test subject
actually own a Racing 5, but I was mistaken.
On June 12th I received a comment pointing this out.
Thank you. I'll make the correction.
Another day with PowerTap (and so on).
The front hub is also from CycleOps.
Looking at the assembly marks, both front and rear were laced in reverse Italian pattern.
The front wheel can be flipped over to convert Italian lacing to reverse Italian, but
when the hub logo faces the direction of travel in the correct orientation,
it was laced in the reverse Italian pattern.
Since I'm doing radial lacing next time, it won't matter anyway.
Some of the red grease color from the original assembly remained,
so I'd say the hub is in pretty good condition.
But I cleaned it anyway.
It's a halfhearted tape job, but it seems grease damage and deterioration are common.
I sealed it with heat shrink tubing.
Even if I try to slide it by hand from this state, it won't budge.
Someone who suggested heat shrink tubing in the comments sent me a reply.
In it they wrote something like "But you already knew about this, right?"
Our shop already had a heat gun and
heat shrink tubing (though not this size) on hand,
but the idea of using it here hadn't occurred to me,
so I really did receive a helpful suggestion.
Thank you very much.
All assembled.
I personally love high spoke count radial lacing.
The way the spokes reflect light when spinning with no magnets or anything attached
is simply beautiful.
The rear wheel is laced semi-comp 48-spoke style.
The goal was to "increase stiffness compared to before the rebuild,"
but since we received just the hub initially,
I can't tell if it's actually stiffer than before.
The XR200 rim is somewhat limiting in terms of conditions,
but the 32-hole count is fortunate.
I tensioned it as much as this rim allows.
(Actually, I could tension the spokes a bit more,
but that increases the risk of spoke neck breakage.
This represents the upper limit of the proper range, not the rim's limit.)
Today I spent until 8 PM responding to emails and comments,
then assembled wheels after closing.
I've only managed to respond to messages up to around June 11th.
For orders placed before June 15th, the old prices will naturally apply,
so please bear with me.
The other day, I noted that Bontrager's wheels use a DT rear hub with
freewheel side: nipple-oriented flange / non-freewheel side: straight-pull spoke flange,
while Fulcrum's mid-range wheels were the opposite (→here).
But I apologize—that particular Fulcrum was actually
freewheel nipple / non-freewheel straight-pull as well.
I
actually own a Racing 5, but I was mistaken.
On June 12th I received a comment pointing this out.
Thank you. I'll make the correction.