Another day of wheels (and so on).
A customer brought in a Roval CL50 for me to look at.
It doesn't ride well enough to just "make do if possible"—
they want it actually fixed.
Obviously, if customers weren't bothered by something
or could tolerate it,
they wouldn't send it to my shop.
Today I'm working on the front wheel.
This is a CL, not a CLX, so the spokes are black Campagnolo Record
and the nipples are black brass.
The temporary center was spot-on,
but there's significant lateral runout, so if you look hard enough
you'd find angles where it's clearly out of true.
Whether from a crash, getting caught in a grate,
or rubbing against a curb (the rotor bracket side = left side, so
in Japan it's more likely to be rubbed on that side),
there are scuffs on the rim side.
Writing about this helps the customer think "Oh! That's mine!"
but since I've got another CL50 in for work,
it also helps the other customer think "Oh, that's not mine."
I can't tell if they applied a sticker and then sprayed clear,
or if it's printed,
but the lettering has enough thickness
that you can't peel it off with your fingernail.
Among the scuffs on the rim side, just the part over the print
is shimmering bright—like the last moments of Gosshel from Raizer Ren (Gaiking).
With the black background, it really stands out.
↑looks like this
Built it up.
I went with a reverse asymmetric build:
the multi-spoke side gets black CX-RAY straight spokes,
and the fewer-spoke side gets black CX Sprint straight spokes.
The customer mentioned they really didn't like the original setup
and wanted more spoke character,
but flat spokes like CX don't fit through the hub flanges anyway,
and I didn't think it worth doing CX Sprint on the multi-spoke side
and #14 plain on the few-spoke side, so I went with my standard setup this time.
I'll do the lacing later. It's essential.
Since the originals were brass nipples, I'm not reusing them
and instead going with universal DT black aluminum nipples.
A customer brought in a Roval CL50 for me to look at.
It doesn't ride well enough to just "make do if possible"—
they want it actually fixed.
Obviously, if customers weren't bothered by something
or could tolerate it,
they wouldn't send it to my shop.
Today I'm working on the front wheel.
This is a CL, not a CLX, so the spokes are black Campagnolo Record
and the nipples are black brass.
The temporary center was spot-on,
but there's significant lateral runout, so if you look hard enough
you'd find angles where it's clearly out of true.
Whether from a crash, getting caught in a grate,
or rubbing against a curb (the rotor bracket side = left side, so
in Japan it's more likely to be rubbed on that side),
there are scuffs on the rim side.
Writing about this helps the customer think "Oh! That's mine!"
but since I've got another CL50 in for work,
it also helps the other customer think "Oh, that's not mine."
I can't tell if they applied a sticker and then sprayed clear,
or if it's printed,
but the lettering has enough thickness
that you can't peel it off with your fingernail.
Among the scuffs on the rim side, just the part over the print
is shimmering bright—like the last moments of Gosshel from Raizer Ren (Gaiking).
With the black background, it really stands out.
↑looks like this
Built it up.
I went with a reverse asymmetric build:
the multi-spoke side gets black CX-RAY straight spokes,
and the fewer-spoke side gets black CX Sprint straight spokes.
The customer mentioned they really didn't like the original setup
and wanted more spoke character,
but flat spokes like CX don't fit through the hub flanges anyway,
and I didn't think it worth doing CX Sprint on the multi-spoke side
and #14 plain on the few-spoke side, so I went with my standard setup this time.
I'll do the lacing later. It's essential.
Since the originals were brass nipples, I'm not reusing them
and instead going with universal DT black aluminum nipples.