Another day, another wheel (and so on).
A customer brought in a 32H rear wheel built with a Chris King R45 hub
that we assembled here at the shop years ago.
The hub is turquoise anodized
with a full comp 4-cross lacing pattern and no spoke wrapping,
and the rim is a Pasenti brevet.
This rear wheel will be rebuilt into a front wheel later
using a red anodized R45 front hub.
Separately, for the same customer,
I'm building a front wheel using
an HED Belgium disc brake-specific rim and
a Chris King R45D front hub.
Normally, swapping from the turquoise rear hub to the red front hub
would be impossible since spoke lengths differ greatly—
even with comp spokes that allow for a wide cutting range.
But after checking, I found that these spokes can be reused for the Belgium front wheel.
That said, since the Belgium has a higher rim depth, meaning a smaller inner diameter,
I'll need to cut the spokes slightly, so they can't be returned to their original length.
The image above shows the condition after removing six spokes from the 6-cross side first.
The turquoise hub is 32H,
so each flange has eight spoke holes on that side,
but the Belgium is 24H, so I only need six spokes.
I've transferred the spokes from the 6-cross side.
On the rear wheel, the 6-cross side is on the left because it's 4-cross lacing,
but for a disc brake front wheel, it becomes 6-cross lacing on the right side.
Transferred the counter-clockwise spokes from the 6-cross side.
Transferred the spokes from the 4-cross side.
It may be obvious by now, but the reason I'm separating
the clockwise and counter-clockwise spokes
is that the bend deformation at the spoke neck differs between them.
All that's left is to get six counter-clockwise spokes from the 4-cross side.
The original rear wheel now has two clockwise and two counter-clockwise spokes remaining on each side.
I left them in a way that keeps the hub from rattling around.
Additionally, none of the nipples on these eight spokes have been loosened.
Built it up.
R45D hub, 24H, full comp 6-cross reverse Italian lacing.
I probably won't do any spoke wrapping.
A customer brought in a 32H rear wheel built with a Chris King R45 hub
that we assembled here at the shop years ago.
The hub is turquoise anodized
with a full comp 4-cross lacing pattern and no spoke wrapping,
and the rim is a Pasenti brevet.
This rear wheel will be rebuilt into a front wheel later
using a red anodized R45 front hub.
Separately, for the same customer,
I'm building a front wheel using
an HED Belgium disc brake-specific rim and
a Chris King R45D front hub.
Normally, swapping from the turquoise rear hub to the red front hub
would be impossible since spoke lengths differ greatly—
even with comp spokes that allow for a wide cutting range.
But after checking, I found that these spokes can be reused for the Belgium front wheel.
That said, since the Belgium has a higher rim depth, meaning a smaller inner diameter,
I'll need to cut the spokes slightly, so they can't be returned to their original length.
The image above shows the condition after removing six spokes from the 6-cross side first.
The turquoise hub is 32H,
so each flange has eight spoke holes on that side,
but the Belgium is 24H, so I only need six spokes.
I've transferred the spokes from the 6-cross side.
On the rear wheel, the 6-cross side is on the left because it's 4-cross lacing,
but for a disc brake front wheel, it becomes 6-cross lacing on the right side.
Transferred the counter-clockwise spokes from the 6-cross side.
Transferred the spokes from the 4-cross side.
It may be obvious by now, but the reason I'm separating
the clockwise and counter-clockwise spokes
is that the bend deformation at the spoke neck differs between them.
All that's left is to get six counter-clockwise spokes from the 4-cross side.
The original rear wheel now has two clockwise and two counter-clockwise spokes remaining on each side.
I left them in a way that keeps the hub from rattling around.
Additionally, none of the nipples on these eight spokes have been loosened.
Built it up.
R45D hub, 24H, full comp 6-cross reverse Italian lacing.
I probably won't do any spoke wrapping.