This is the partner wheel to the rear I rebuilt the other day.
Chris King R45 hub, 20H
Black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing.
The customer asked if there's any more tension left to add,
but honestly this thing is already wound pretty tight—almost no room for additional tensioning.
I figured that nearby shop that said "you can't tension this hub any further" must've maxed it out,
so I asked the customer about it.
Apparently they haven't done anything special to it.
Not that I don't believe them, but
it was tensioned way beyond what you'd normally see coming straight from the factory.
There was a faint centering issue.
Wringing out what little I could—treading on thin ice on both sides—
I managed about a quarter turn of additional tensioning,
and on top of that, I corrected the centering issue.
The tensioning had been skewed to one side,
so there isn't a single nipple that wasn't already fairly tight.
If this doesn't work, my only option is to rebuild it with CX Sprint.
Chris King R45 hub, 20H
Black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing.
The customer asked if there's any more tension left to add,
but honestly this thing is already wound pretty tight—almost no room for additional tensioning.
I figured that nearby shop that said "you can't tension this hub any further" must've maxed it out,
so I asked the customer about it.
Apparently they haven't done anything special to it.
Not that I don't believe them, but
it was tensioned way beyond what you'd normally see coming straight from the factory.
There was a faint centering issue.
Wringing out what little I could—treading on thin ice on both sides—
I managed about a quarter turn of additional tensioning,
and on top of that, I corrected the centering issue.
The tensioning had been skewed to one side,
so there isn't a single nipple that wasn't already fairly tight.
If this doesn't work, my only option is to rebuild it with CX Sprint.