This is a separate job from before.
↑Before rebuild
This is the second time I'm seeing this rim.
Last time I said it was my first encounter, but according to the customer with that wheel,
this is a DT (Deutsche Trabant) rim.
It has single eyelets (spoke holes only on the inside of the rim)
and the rim width is about 21.3mm (wide!), which doesn't appear in DT's catalog,
so it's probably a custom order.
Built with reverse Italian lacing.
Hmm, that makes you think...
Some of the original red grease from when it was new still remains.
You can tell it's been treated with care.
Cleaned it up.
Unusually, the tape was wound on neatly and stayed intact.
But I went ahead and replaced it with heat-shrink tubing without question.
The bearing races use steel balls, but
they're Enduro (Enduro Bearings) brand. This varies though — sometimes it's EZO or other brands.
Done building it.
Like before, it's 32H with half-comp spokes, but
whether due to the lightness of the hub and rim,
when you hold it, there's no sense of that characteristic "PowerTap heaviness."
Built up the front wheel for bike #5 as well.
20H. There's no need to match it to the rear wheel just because that one is 32H.
(You could match them if you wanted. It's a matter of preference.)
↑Text recycled from before
↑Before rebuild
This is the second time I'm seeing this rim.
Last time I said it was my first encounter, but according to the customer with that wheel,
this is a DT (Deutsche Trabant) rim.
It has single eyelets (spoke holes only on the inside of the rim)
and the rim width is about 21.3mm (wide!), which doesn't appear in DT's catalog,
so it's probably a custom order.
Built with reverse Italian lacing.
Hmm, that makes you think...
Some of the original red grease from when it was new still remains.
You can tell it's been treated with care.
Cleaned it up.
Unusually, the tape was wound on neatly and stayed intact.
But I went ahead and replaced it with heat-shrink tubing without question.
The bearing races use steel balls, but
they're Enduro (Enduro Bearings) brand. This varies though — sometimes it's EZO or other brands.
Done building it.
Like before, it's 32H with half-comp spokes, but
whether due to the lightness of the hub and rim,
when you hold it, there's no sense of that characteristic "PowerTap heaviness."
Built up the front wheel for bike #5 as well.
20H. There's no need to match it to the rear wheel just because that one is 32H.
(You could match them if you wanted. It's a matter of preference.)
↑Text recycled from before