A customer brought in the front wheel of a ZIPPS 303NSW Disc bike for me to work on.
This is one I'd rebuilt previously.
The spokes are bent—probably from a crash or collision with another vehicle.
↑I only photographed two, but three spokes were actually bent.
The customer mentioned it too, but at least it happened on this side—could've been worse.
This front wheel is built with a semi-CX Sprint straight lacing pattern.
I keep spare CX-RAY Straight spokes in stock, but the distributor is long out of stock on CX Sprint Straight spokes,
so our shop barely has any inventory.
Well, with 3 or 4 broken spokes we can make it work.
All fixed.
The three spokes that needed replacement were consecutive on one side,
but since that's the lacing side, the repair required replacing four spokes
and re-lacing them.
On the four replacement spokes, I only touched each nipple once.
Since the nipples I didn't touch maintain their original position,
there's no way the wheel center could shift.
After replacing the spokes and truing the wheel, when I first applied the centering gauge,
it read dead center.
The wheel does have a slight dish unlike a rear wheel, though not as pronounced,
so it's not completely immune to shifting over time with use.
If there were any runout, the wheel would be off-center at that phase,
but neither of those issues occurred this time.
This is one I'd rebuilt previously.
The spokes are bent—probably from a crash or collision with another vehicle.
↑I only photographed two, but three spokes were actually bent.
The customer mentioned it too, but at least it happened on this side—could've been worse.
This front wheel is built with a semi-CX Sprint straight lacing pattern.
I keep spare CX-RAY Straight spokes in stock, but the distributor is long out of stock on CX Sprint Straight spokes,
so our shop barely has any inventory.
Well, with 3 or 4 broken spokes we can make it work.
All fixed.
The three spokes that needed replacement were consecutive on one side,
but since that's the lacing side, the repair required replacing four spokes
and re-lacing them.
On the four replacement spokes, I only touched each nipple once.
Since the nipples I didn't touch maintain their original position,
there's no way the wheel center could shift.
After replacing the spokes and truing the wheel, when I first applied the centering gauge,
it read dead center.
The wheel does have a slight dish unlike a rear wheel, though not as pronounced,
so it's not completely immune to shifting over time with use.
If there were any runout, the wheel would be off-center at that phase,
but neither of those issues occurred this time.