Another day of wheels (and so on).
I built a front wheel with an AL22W DB rim.
Once Sapim's CX Sprint spokes are in stable supply,
I'm planning to make this the spec for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 8,
but since I've confirmed the customer's disc brake is Shimano,
I'm building it this time as a semi-competition wheel.
Revo disc hub, 24H, black semi-competition 64-spoke reverse Italian lacing.
I'll do the spoke threading later.
The nipples are in rainbow color sequence (VAS arrangement).
Even though the rim cost goes up about 5,000 yen per rim,
I was recommending the DT RR411db rim instead, since it's an offset rim and lighter.
(The XR331 rim has a minimum of 28 holes,
whereas the Revo disc hub only comes in 24H spec, so it won't work),
but when I showed the customer the rainbow-colored nipples gleaming on my personal modified Neutron's front wheel,
they said firmly, "I absolutely want that! Please do it the same way!"
So I ended up building it with the AL22W DB rim.
DT's Squorx nipple-designated rims
frequently suffer spoke head breakage when built with generic nipples.
I've had my share of painful experiences in the past
(I re-spoked all the ones I'd built previously for free).
So in this case, you could say
thewheel was decided based on the color of the nipples.
I built a front wheel with an AL22W DB rim.
Once Sapim's CX Sprint spokes are in stable supply,
I'm planning to make this the spec for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 8,
but since I've confirmed the customer's disc brake is Shimano,
I'm building it this time as a semi-competition wheel.
Revo disc hub, 24H, black semi-competition 64-spoke reverse Italian lacing.
I'll do the spoke threading later.
The nipples are in rainbow color sequence (VAS arrangement).
Even though the rim cost goes up about 5,000 yen per rim,
I was recommending the DT RR411db rim instead, since it's an offset rim and lighter.
(The XR331 rim has a minimum of 28 holes,
whereas the Revo disc hub only comes in 24H spec, so it won't work),
but when I showed the customer the rainbow-colored nipples gleaming on my personal modified Neutron's front wheel,
they said firmly, "I absolutely want that! Please do it the same way!"
So I ended up building it with the AL22W DB rim.
DT's Squorx nipple-designated rims
frequently suffer spoke head breakage when built with generic nipples.
I've had my share of painful experiences in the past
(I re-spoked all the ones I'd built previously for free).
So in this case, you could say
thewheel was decided based on the color of the nipples.