Rebuilt the WH-R8170-C50-TL front wheel as a rear wheel

Another wheel day (and so on).
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A customer brought in a front wheel—a current-generation Ultegra 50mm high disc brake tubeless rim wheel.

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Along with this, the customer also bought a C36-TL front wheel, and they said they accidentally bought two front wheels and wanted one rebuilt as a rear wheel... but that's not quite true. From the start, they planned to have us rebuild it here at the shop, so they bought the C50 rim kit (with spokes and the cheaper hub).

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It's built.

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Revo disc hub, 24 holes, black semi-compact 46-hole JIS laced. I'll wire it up later. Even if it stays unbraced like this for now, I'm confident it'll roll better than any off-the-shelf rear wheel.

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