Before I get to the main topic.
The other day I went to a trade show at a certain wholesaler.
When one of the staff members from the wholesaler—who knows Campagnolo better than anyone in Japan—saw me, they said something with unclear intent
(playing dumb here),
"Campagnolo components and wheels won the Tour de France last year,
so their excellence is proven!"
they said to me.
Ah, yes, well. That may be so, but anyway
A customer brought me a Bora One 35 Dark Label
with wide rim tubular specification.
The rear wheel had some lateral runout, and the previous owner had it overhauled
at a local shop right before handing it over,
but the hub bearing preload had been tightened excessively,
so I loosened it to the proper tension.
Well, if it was overhauled,
it's strange that it would have runout.
This Bora One was apparently purchased as
a decisive weapon wheel for the Fuji Hill Climb,
and at the same time the customer brought in
the Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 (Japanese wheel brand) for truing as well. Purely as a personal opinion, they said
"The Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 feels more responsive and accelerates better.
My actual time on Jūsan Pass was faster with the Nomu Lab Wheel No.5."
they told me.
Well, my apologies for that (bowing in apology).
However, if we evaluate overall performance across all situations beyond just hill climbs,
I believe the Bora One 35 is superior.
This isn't false modesty—I can prove I really mean it.
If someone offered to trade me a brand new Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 for that Bora One 35,
I'd happily make the swap.
The other day I went to a trade show at a certain wholesaler.
When one of the staff members from the wholesaler—who knows Campagnolo better than anyone in Japan—saw me, they said something with unclear intent
(playing dumb here),
"Campagnolo components and wheels won the Tour de France last year,
so their excellence is proven!"
they said to me.
Ah, yes, well. That may be so, but anyway
A customer brought me a Bora One 35 Dark Label
with wide rim tubular specification.
The rear wheel had some lateral runout, and the previous owner had it overhauled
at a local shop right before handing it over,
but the hub bearing preload had been tightened excessively,
so I loosened it to the proper tension.
Well, if it was overhauled,
it's strange that it would have runout.
This Bora One was apparently purchased as
a decisive weapon wheel for the Fuji Hill Climb,
and at the same time the customer brought in
the Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 (Japanese wheel brand) for truing as well. Purely as a personal opinion, they said
"The Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 feels more responsive and accelerates better.
My actual time on Jūsan Pass was faster with the Nomu Lab Wheel No.5."
they told me.
Well, my apologies for that (bowing in apology).
However, if we evaluate overall performance across all situations beyond just hill climbs,
I believe the Bora One 35 is superior.
This isn't false modesty—I can prove I really mean it.
If someone offered to trade me a brand new Nomu Lab Wheel No.5 for that Bora One 35,
I'd happily make the swap.