Today's another wheel day (and so on).
Built a rear wheel with the XR331 rim.
FH-RS770 28H black semi-comp Yonroku JIS lacing.
I'll do the spoke tie-in later.
The other day, with my personal rear wheel using FH-9000 hub and XR331 rim,
I built it with a semi-CX sprint configuration (CX sprint only on the freewheel side),
and I thought maybe I could get away with 14H on a single side,
but I've come to realize that semi-comp is definitely better.
That said, given this customer's body weight and intended use,
I think semi-CX sprint would have been fine.
But since the hub flange dish is noticeably larger than the front wheel,
I got nervous and just went with semi-comp.
↑Freewheel side flange
↑Non-freewheel side flange
This is a photo from when I'd only threaded the spokes through,
but looking straight down at the flange, the freewheel side has a sheer vertical flange face where you can't see the side,
while the non-freewheel side has an angled outer flange so you can see the side.
The spoke neck area is shaped to reduce how much it digs in where it contacts the flange, aligned with the hub dish.
Whoever designed this hub clearly put thought into such details,
but the person who decided on the spoke hole count—probably a different person—
has lined up 36H as an option even though it's harder to find rims with that many holes,
while never releasing 24H is a judgment that's embarrassingly outdated.
Maybe they're thinking "hand-built wheels are pretty outdated too, honestly."
If they just came out with 24H, it'd be a god-tier spec hub...
If they really think that narrowing the hub options to ones with no enthusiasm will actually boost sales of their pre-built wheels,
that's seriously sketchy stuff man ☆
Built a rear wheel with the XR331 rim.
FH-RS770 28H black semi-comp Yonroku JIS lacing.
I'll do the spoke tie-in later.
The other day, with my personal rear wheel using FH-9000 hub and XR331 rim,
I built it with a semi-CX sprint configuration (CX sprint only on the freewheel side),
and I thought maybe I could get away with 14H on a single side,
but I've come to realize that semi-comp is definitely better.
That said, given this customer's body weight and intended use,
I think semi-CX sprint would have been fine.
But since the hub flange dish is noticeably larger than the front wheel,
I got nervous and just went with semi-comp.
↑Freewheel side flange
↑Non-freewheel side flange
This is a photo from when I'd only threaded the spokes through,
but looking straight down at the flange, the freewheel side has a sheer vertical flange face where you can't see the side,
while the non-freewheel side has an angled outer flange so you can see the side.
The spoke neck area is shaped to reduce how much it digs in where it contacts the flange, aligned with the hub dish.
Whoever designed this hub clearly put thought into such details,
but the person who decided on the spoke hole count—probably a different person—
has lined up 36H as an option even though it's harder to find rims with that many holes,
while never releasing 24H is a judgment that's embarrassingly outdated.
Maybe they're thinking "hand-built wheels are pretty outdated too, honestly."
If they just came out with 24H, it'd be a god-tier spec hub...
If they really think that narrowing the hub options to ones with no enthusiasm will actually boost sales of their pre-built wheels,
that's seriously sketchy stuff man ☆