Another day, another wheel build (and so on).
Built a front wheel using a rim from Mavic's Helium—basically the ancestor of what we know as fully assembled wheels today.
The Helium has an unusual spoke count of 26H for the front wheel,
while the rear is a non-offset rim with 28H.
They come in both tubular and clincher versions,
and honestly, the clincher rim version
is basically a red anodized Open Pro if you want to put it simply.
The 28H rear rim can be laced to any standard 28H hub.
This rim came into my shop on September 24th.
Not last year—the year before that.
The customer is a fellow tradesman in the broader sense, so I'd been putting it off,
but even I have my limits, so I finally built it.
I'd set aside this hub from our shop stock for this exact build—
an Evolite 28H in black
laced radially with black CX-RAY outpoke spokes
and black aluminum nipples.
Choosing *not* to go with red aluminum nipples on this rim is actually the harder call,
which makes it that much more stylish (in my opinion).
In Helium's stock configuration, the nipples are silver brass.
Built a front wheel using a rim from Mavic's Helium—basically the ancestor of what we know as fully assembled wheels today.
The Helium has an unusual spoke count of 26H for the front wheel,
while the rear is a non-offset rim with 28H.
They come in both tubular and clincher versions,
and honestly, the clincher rim version
is basically a red anodized Open Pro if you want to put it simply.
The 28H rear rim can be laced to any standard 28H hub.
This rim came into my shop on September 24th.
Not last year—the year before that.
The customer is a fellow tradesman in the broader sense, so I'd been putting it off,
but even I have my limits, so I finally built it.
I'd set aside this hub from our shop stock for this exact build—
an Evolite 28H in black
laced radially with black CX-RAY outpoke spokes
and black aluminum nipples.
Choosing *not* to go with red aluminum nipples on this rim is actually the harder call,
which makes it that much more stylish (in my opinion).
In Helium's stock configuration, the nipples are silver brass.