This is a different job from the previous one.
The hub in question came in as a customer-supplied part.
I'm using our shop's Tni rear hub and building a pair of Nomo Lab Wheel No. 5.
Starting with the front wheel. All CX-RAY spokes, 24 holes.
The request was to use a non-driveside lacing pattern in case of fork interference.
Even so, it's quite wide. The inner-to-inner flange dimension on this hub
is actually wider than the outer-to-outer dimension of most other hubs.
Next, the rear wheel.
I was asked whether to go with 32 holes all CX-RAY or 24 holes half Compé, depending on body weight.
I went with the latter.
Their weight didn't warrant the extra spokes.
Between 32H all CX-RAY and 24H half Compé,
the 24H half Compé is about 10% lighter in spoke weight.
Previously I built XR300, and now XR200 with
different spoke diameters left-to-right and asymmetric spoking
(specifically, a half Compé 46-pattern),
and even without spoke tying, the front-to-back deflection difference
at the spoke crossing points is extremely minimal left-to-right.
My focus with spoke tying is not on securing stiffness but rather on equalizing
the deflection difference across spokes. It's meant to be supplementary though,
and I think what really matters is spoke selection and spoking pattern.
The hub in question came in as a customer-supplied part.
I'm using our shop's Tni rear hub and building a pair of Nomo Lab Wheel No. 5.
Starting with the front wheel. All CX-RAY spokes, 24 holes.
The request was to use a non-driveside lacing pattern in case of fork interference.
Even so, it's quite wide. The inner-to-inner flange dimension on this hub
is actually wider than the outer-to-outer dimension of most other hubs.
Next, the rear wheel.
I was asked whether to go with 32 holes all CX-RAY or 24 holes half Compé, depending on body weight.
I went with the latter.
Their weight didn't warrant the extra spokes.
Between 32H all CX-RAY and 24H half Compé,
the 24H half Compé is about 10% lighter in spoke weight.
Previously I built XR300, and now XR200 with
different spoke diameters left-to-right and asymmetric spoking
(specifically, a half Compé 46-pattern),
and even without spoke tying, the front-to-back deflection difference
at the spoke crossing points is extremely minimal left-to-right.
My focus with spoke tying is not on securing stiffness but rather on equalizing
the deflection difference across spokes. It's meant to be supplementary though,
and I think what really matters is spoke selection and spoking pattern.