Another day with wheels (and so on).
Built the rear wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Revo II hub, 24H, half-comp 46-spoke lacing pattern.
Will do the spoke threading later.
This time I didn't use the 660 hub that I normally rely on.
It's a Tni Revo II hub, but the previous model had a Revo hub
where the rear hub was a 24H designed for 16+8H 2:1 lacing,
so we've never stocked it at the shop.
The Revo II rear hub only comes in 24H spec with equal sides.
The disc brake version of this hub
is the Revo Disc hub, which we also use quite often at the shop.
The 660 hub has "11S" printed on the freebody,
but according to information from our supplier,
it's not compatible with Shimano 12S sprockets.
I haven't personally verified what exactly doesn't work,
but since Shimano 12S rim brake components aren't that common,
it hasn't been an issue for us so far.
As for the Revo Disc hub, it was also used for the rear hub
on the recent rebuild of the WH-R8170,
and although the freebody has "11S" printed on it,
I've confirmed before that Shimano 12S sprockets work on it without any problems.
The customer also mentioned that all the rear wheels
after rebuilding the WH-R8170 are planned to go on bikes with 12S components.
So with this Revo II hub,
the freebody is the same as the Revo Disc hub,
and since the supplier hasn't said 12S is incompatible with either hub,
Shimano 12S sprockets should work.
That said, the reason I built this rear wheel with the Revo II hub
had nothing to do with any of that.
The customer's wish was to make the freewheel noise as quiet as possible,
and the Revo II hub was more convenient than the 660 hub
for packing grease into the ratchet section to achieve this.
It wasn't an absolutely necessary condition,
so if the Revo II hub hadn't been available,
I would have done the same thing with a 660 hub.
As a result, it's now almost silent,
but since this is achieved by the amount of grease,
the noise will likely get louder over time with use.
I did tell the customer that with an Onyx Vespa rear hub
it would be virtually completely silent,
but since they didn't have that strong of a preference
to justify buying a hub with a retail price over 100,000 yen,
we went with the packed grease solution.
Built the rear wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5.
Revo II hub, 24H, half-comp 46-spoke lacing pattern.
Will do the spoke threading later.
This time I didn't use the 660 hub that I normally rely on.
It's a Tni Revo II hub, but the previous model had a Revo hub
where the rear hub was a 24H designed for 16+8H 2:1 lacing,
so we've never stocked it at the shop.
The Revo II rear hub only comes in 24H spec with equal sides.
The disc brake version of this hub
is the Revo Disc hub, which we also use quite often at the shop.
The 660 hub has "11S" printed on the freebody,
but according to information from our supplier,
it's not compatible with Shimano 12S sprockets.
I haven't personally verified what exactly doesn't work,
but since Shimano 12S rim brake components aren't that common,
it hasn't been an issue for us so far.
As for the Revo Disc hub, it was also used for the rear hub
on the recent rebuild of the WH-R8170,
and although the freebody has "11S" printed on it,
I've confirmed before that Shimano 12S sprockets work on it without any problems.
The customer also mentioned that all the rear wheels
after rebuilding the WH-R8170 are planned to go on bikes with 12S components.
So with this Revo II hub,
the freebody is the same as the Revo Disc hub,
and since the supplier hasn't said 12S is incompatible with either hub,
Shimano 12S sprockets should work.
That said, the reason I built this rear wheel with the Revo II hub
had nothing to do with any of that.
The customer's wish was to make the freewheel noise as quiet as possible,
and the Revo II hub was more convenient than the 660 hub
for packing grease into the ratchet section to achieve this.
It wasn't an absolutely necessary condition,
so if the Revo II hub hadn't been available,
I would have done the same thing with a 660 hub.
As a result, it's now almost silent,
but since this is achieved by the amount of grease,
the noise will likely get louder over time with use.
I did tell the customer that with an Onyx Vespa rear hub
it would be virtually completely silent,
but since they didn't have that strong of a preference
to justify buying a hub with a retail price over 100,000 yen,
we went with the packed grease solution.