I received a Reynolds Strike SLG from a customer.
The customer is not the original owner of this wheel.
Let me start with the front wheel.
The spokes are twisted from some half-hearted truing attempts.
They wanted me to replace these spokes and do a full inspection.
There was another spoke with twisting that couldn't be restored.
I'll replace this one too.
All fixed.
The two spokes marked with blue tape are where I replaced spokes.
It looks like someone was trying to true out radial runout on this phase.
The spokes marked with white tape had nipples that were different from the others—
while most were 3/16-inch hex nipples,
these were 3.2mm square nipples,
so I loosened them to replace them with matching nipples. The white tape is just a marker of where I did that.
↑Replaced spokes
Now for the rear wheel.
This wheel's current owner has the Nomu Lab Wheel #1,
but that's from before they could do black lacing,
so their rear wheel doesn't have lacing.
Since this wheel feels looser than their unlaced #1 rear wheel, they wanted me to rebuild it.
I can't speak to whether this helps, but
apparently this Strike is tighter than the FF Yamaguchi F4R.
Man, both of those are worse than the unlaced Nomu Lab #1. That's pretty lame!
When I received this Strike,
I also trued the Nomu Lab Wheel #1,
and that's when I laced the rear wheel.
The reason two spokes on the anti-freehub side in the image above are missing
is because I just used them for the front wheel repair.
This is basically the same rim as the AR58 from the other day,
but the AR58 doesn't have the protrusion on the inner edge called a "swirl lip."
The other difference is just whether the nipples are external or internal.
This Strike has a serial number starting with "HZ~," the familiar type,
but the AR58 from the other day had a slightly different serial number format,
so there's no doubt the AR58 is from a later generation model.
This hub is Reynolds' original hub.
Earlier generations used DT hubs, and before that
other manufacturers made the original hub,
but I've seen an even earlier Reynolds rear wheel with
radial spokes on the anti-freehub side laced as Comp/Aero Light (about 20% difference left and right),
with different diameters side-to-side.
This rear wheel is Comp/Aero Comp, so about 8% difference—
it has a slight left-right diameter asymmetry.
By wheel logic alone, I'd think anti-freehub Aero Light would be better,
but I'm glad it's Aero Comp this time.
Because the front wheel's radial lacing was built with Aero Comp,
and the spoke lengths are the same.
I carefully disassembled the anti-freehub side spokes from the rear wheel to use as replacements for the front wheel,
and I cut and discarded the freehub side spokes after releasing their tension.
So that's another wheel (and you know how this goes).
Evolite hub 20H black strong / CX sprint 4-cross laced with lacing.
The Evolite 20H is discontinued,
but this is a customer's own part they brought in.
I always say that stretch-band type tape isn't ideal for tubeless-ready rims, especially those with humps,
but if the width fits and the tape is flexible enough
to conform to the rim shape, it's not like there are no usable options.
The front wheel had the OEM band-type rim tape on it,
and there were no spots where the outer rim edge was exposed.
The rear wheel had Schwalbe rim tape on it, but
that's actually a tape type.
Even though it's stiff and doesn't stretch, it lost pressure and got dragged into the center dip,
and the ends where the tape should be effective were off to the right and left.
Plus the width didn't even match properly.
After I rebuilt the wheel, I switched to Stans tubeless tape.
About this Strike SLG (Swirl Lip Generator),
if I had weighed the rim,
I could tell whether the SLG part makes a noticeable weight difference
compared to the AR58.
Well, actually I did weigh it,
but I'm not about to tell you what it was.
↑Wow, this guy's being real cold about it
Sorry For The Wait! Please Check Out This Photo!
It's The Strike SLG!
And Here's The AR58 From Before!
I've Lined Them Up So You Don't Have To Search!
↑Come on, seriously stop that!
The customer is not the original owner of this wheel.
Let me start with the front wheel.
The spokes are twisted from some half-hearted truing attempts.
They wanted me to replace these spokes and do a full inspection.
There was another spoke with twisting that couldn't be restored.
I'll replace this one too.
All fixed.
The two spokes marked with blue tape are where I replaced spokes.
It looks like someone was trying to true out radial runout on this phase.
The spokes marked with white tape had nipples that were different from the others—
while most were 3/16-inch hex nipples,
these were 3.2mm square nipples,
so I loosened them to replace them with matching nipples. The white tape is just a marker of where I did that.
↑Replaced spokes
Now for the rear wheel.
This wheel's current owner has the Nomu Lab Wheel #1,
but that's from before they could do black lacing,
so their rear wheel doesn't have lacing.
Since this wheel feels looser than their unlaced #1 rear wheel, they wanted me to rebuild it.
I can't speak to whether this helps, but
apparently this Strike is tighter than the FF Yamaguchi F4R.
When I received this Strike,
I also trued the Nomu Lab Wheel #1,
and that's when I laced the rear wheel.
The reason two spokes on the anti-freehub side in the image above are missing
is because I just used them for the front wheel repair.
This is basically the same rim as the AR58 from the other day,
but the AR58 doesn't have the protrusion on the inner edge called a "swirl lip."
The other difference is just whether the nipples are external or internal.
This Strike has a serial number starting with "HZ~," the familiar type,
but the AR58 from the other day had a slightly different serial number format,
so there's no doubt the AR58 is from a later generation model.
This hub is Reynolds' original hub.
Earlier generations used DT hubs, and before that
other manufacturers made the original hub,
but I've seen an even earlier Reynolds rear wheel with
radial spokes on the anti-freehub side laced as Comp/Aero Light (about 20% difference left and right),
with different diameters side-to-side.
This rear wheel is Comp/Aero Comp, so about 8% difference—
it has a slight left-right diameter asymmetry.
By wheel logic alone, I'd think anti-freehub Aero Light would be better,
but I'm glad it's Aero Comp this time.
Because the front wheel's radial lacing was built with Aero Comp,
and the spoke lengths are the same.
I carefully disassembled the anti-freehub side spokes from the rear wheel to use as replacements for the front wheel,
and I cut and discarded the freehub side spokes after releasing their tension.
So that's another wheel (and you know how this goes).
Evolite hub 20H black strong / CX sprint 4-cross laced with lacing.
The Evolite 20H is discontinued,
but this is a customer's own part they brought in.
I always say that stretch-band type tape isn't ideal for tubeless-ready rims, especially those with humps,
but if the width fits and the tape is flexible enough
to conform to the rim shape, it's not like there are no usable options.
The front wheel had the OEM band-type rim tape on it,
and there were no spots where the outer rim edge was exposed.
The rear wheel had Schwalbe rim tape on it, but
that's actually a tape type.
Even though it's stiff and doesn't stretch, it lost pressure and got dragged into the center dip,
and the ends where the tape should be effective were off to the right and left.
Plus the width didn't even match properly.
After I rebuilt the wheel, I switched to Stans tubeless tape.
About this Strike SLG (Swirl Lip Generator),
if I had weighed the rim,
I could tell whether the SLG part makes a noticeable weight difference
compared to the AR58.
Well, actually I did weigh it,
but I'm not about to tell you what it was.
↑Wow, this guy's being real cold about it
Sorry For The Wait! Please Check Out This Photo!
It's The Strike SLG!
And Here's The AR58 From Before!
I've Lined Them Up So You Don't Have To Search!
↑Come on, seriously stop that!