Another wheel day (you know the drill).
Got a Roval CL50 rear wheel on consignment from a customer.
It's set up for rim brakes.
All-black Campagnolo Record straight gauge spokes in a 2:1 lacing pattern with 21 holes.
The customer wanted a snappier, more responsive ride feel,
so I decided to rebuild it.
Got it built up.
This time I went with all-black Sapim CX-Sprint straight gauge spokes.
I'll handle the drive-side lacing later.
If this were a disc brake rear wheel with tangent lacing on the non-drive side and asymmetric spoke counts,
I'd probably go with CX-RAY on the drive side and reverse-asymmetric spacing,
but since this is a rim brake wheel with radial lacing on the non-drive side,
there are pros and cons to both half CX-Sprint and full CX-Sprint,
so I went back and forth on it before settling on full CX-Sprint.
If the rim had been 32mm tall or if the final crossing angle on the drive side was a bit more obtuse,
I'd have gone with half CX-Sprint instead.
Got a Roval CL50 rear wheel on consignment from a customer.
It's set up for rim brakes.
All-black Campagnolo Record straight gauge spokes in a 2:1 lacing pattern with 21 holes.
The customer wanted a snappier, more responsive ride feel,
so I decided to rebuild it.
Got it built up.
This time I went with all-black Sapim CX-Sprint straight gauge spokes.
I'll handle the drive-side lacing later.
If this were a disc brake rear wheel with tangent lacing on the non-drive side and asymmetric spoke counts,
I'd probably go with CX-RAY on the drive side and reverse-asymmetric spacing,
but since this is a rim brake wheel with radial lacing on the non-drive side,
there are pros and cons to both half CX-Sprint and full CX-Sprint,
so I went back and forth on it before settling on full CX-Sprint.
If the rim had been 32mm tall or if the final crossing angle on the drive side was a bit more obtuse,
I'd have gone with half CX-Sprint instead.