Another wheel day (and so on).
Continuing from the other day. I'm rebuilding the rear wheel on the Alpinist CLX.
These are the stock wheels from an Aethos complete bike,
and they appear to be built with Dura-Ace 12-speed components.
The freebody marking on the DT Swiss Ratchet EXP is still labeled for 11-speed.
There aren't any bite marks visible on the splines,
but it looks like it's been ridden once or twice.
For the customer, this is their first disc road bike,
and since they don't have another wheelset,
they'd lose the ability to ride if they left this wheel with us,
yet they decided to rebuild it immediately after riding it—
that's how obvious it is that this wheel "doesn't perform."
The disc rotor wasn't tightened at all.
It was loose enough that I could undo it by hand without using a wrench—
just rotating the tool with my fingers was sufficient to loosen it.
There was a piece of rim tape debris from the valve hole cutout rattling around inside the rim,
so I removed it.
↑Doesn't matter, but the wheel center before disassembly—
with centering like this, they confidently attach
an inspection sheet. I'm amazed.
It's built.
I've increased the spoke gauge ratio on the non-drive side,
but like the front wheel, these aren't CX Sprints.
Moreover, they're different from the spokes I used for the front wheel's reverse mixed-gauge build.
This is also food for thought, but I'll explain it to the customer.
The lacing will be done later.
I've completely disassembled both wheels,
but I could have just disassembled the low-spoke-count side and replaced the spokes.
The reason I completely disassembled them isn't just to satisfy the "wheel day (and so on)" condition
(though I won't deny that either)—
it's because a complete disassembly actually saves time
and leads to the best results overall.
Since I completely disassembled it, I had the opportunity to weigh the rim,
but I have no intention of presenting that evidence to anyone other than this customer
to prove that I disassembled it.
I don't see the need.
↑Wow, what a bad attitude
Thank you for waiting! Please take a look at these images!
Front rim!
Rear rim!
And here, I'll also post the measurement images of the Alpinist CLX rim from a previous article!
Front rim!
Rear rim!
↑Stop it!
Continuing from the other day. I'm rebuilding the rear wheel on the Alpinist CLX.
These are the stock wheels from an Aethos complete bike,
and they appear to be built with Dura-Ace 12-speed components.
The freebody marking on the DT Swiss Ratchet EXP is still labeled for 11-speed.
There aren't any bite marks visible on the splines,
but it looks like it's been ridden once or twice.
For the customer, this is their first disc road bike,
and since they don't have another wheelset,
they'd lose the ability to ride if they left this wheel with us,
yet they decided to rebuild it immediately after riding it—
that's how obvious it is that this wheel "doesn't perform."
The disc rotor wasn't tightened at all.
It was loose enough that I could undo it by hand without using a wrench—
just rotating the tool with my fingers was sufficient to loosen it.
There was a piece of rim tape debris from the valve hole cutout rattling around inside the rim,
so I removed it.
↑Doesn't matter, but the wheel center before disassembly—
with centering like this, they confidently attach
an inspection sheet. I'm amazed.
It's built.
I've increased the spoke gauge ratio on the non-drive side,
but like the front wheel, these aren't CX Sprints.
Moreover, they're different from the spokes I used for the front wheel's reverse mixed-gauge build.
This is also food for thought, but I'll explain it to the customer.
The lacing will be done later.
I've completely disassembled both wheels,
but I could have just disassembled the low-spoke-count side and replaced the spokes.
The reason I completely disassembled them isn't just to satisfy the "wheel day (and so on)" condition
(though I won't deny that either)—
it's because a complete disassembly actually saves time
and leads to the best results overall.
Since I completely disassembled it, I had the opportunity to weigh the rim,
but I have no intention of presenting that evidence to anyone other than this customer
to prove that I disassembled it.
I don't see the need.
↑Wow, what a bad attitude
Thank you for waiting! Please take a look at these images!
Front rim!
Rear rim!
And here, I'll also post the measurement images of the Alpinist CLX rim from a previous article!
Front rim!
Rear rim!
↑Stop it!