A customer (sort of) brought in the rear wheel from NomuLab Wheel No. 3.
They trashed the rim, so they're telling me to replace it. Unbelievable.
By the way, this rear wheel isn't with its original owner.
I remember building it, but I definitely don't remember selling it to this guy.
The hub is a Tni Evo Hub 20H, and since the successor model,
the Evo Lite Hub, no longer comes with a 20H rear hub option,
I can no longer build NomuLab Wheel No. 3's rear wheel as 20H.
That's frustrating enough, but worse than that,
I can no longer rebuild crappy wheels like
ZIPP 404s, Reynolds Strikes,
and Shimano Optavariums and older rear wheels into something better.
The spokes are black semi-championship, laced 4-cross with no bracing.
The clear coat on the outer layer of the rim was peeling, so
trying to fix it, they applied some sketchy compound, and
it apparently made things worse.
Also, there was a deformed spoke on the freewheel side
from a chain drop.
We've got 20H rim stock in the shop,
so I'd like to rebuild it, but I'm swamped today so forget it.
On a separate note,
I received the front wheel from NomuLab Wheel No. 5 from a customer.
It collapsed from hitting a step at a construction site, and
looking at it, while the bead hook showed no deformation or dents,
when I spun the wheel it was bent like a potato chip.
There's no choice but to replace the rim.
When I carefully aligned the new rim at a certain angle,
there was an angle where it warped this much.
Moving the rim over...
Done building.
The image was blurry so I was planning to swap it out later,
but I already gave it to the customer.
This time, the side without spokes threaded through is the original rim.
They trashed the rim, so they're telling me to replace it. Unbelievable.
By the way, this rear wheel isn't with its original owner.
I remember building it, but I definitely don't remember selling it to this guy.
The hub is a Tni Evo Hub 20H, and since the successor model,
the Evo Lite Hub, no longer comes with a 20H rear hub option,
I can no longer build NomuLab Wheel No. 3's rear wheel as 20H.
That's frustrating enough, but worse than that,
I can no longer rebuild crappy wheels like
ZIPP 404s, Reynolds Strikes,
and Shimano Optavariums and older rear wheels into something better.
The spokes are black semi-championship, laced 4-cross with no bracing.
The clear coat on the outer layer of the rim was peeling, so
trying to fix it, they applied some sketchy compound, and
it apparently made things worse.
Also, there was a deformed spoke on the freewheel side
from a chain drop.
We've got 20H rim stock in the shop,
so I'd like to rebuild it, but I'm swamped today so forget it.
On a separate note,
I received the front wheel from NomuLab Wheel No. 5 from a customer.
It collapsed from hitting a step at a construction site, and
looking at it, while the bead hook showed no deformation or dents,
when I spun the wheel it was bent like a potato chip.
There's no choice but to replace the rim.
When I carefully aligned the new rim at a certain angle,
there was an angle where it warped this much.
Moving the rim over...
Done building.
but I already gave it to the customer.
This time, the side without spokes threaded through is the original rim.