Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer brought in a wheel with a 6600 Ultegra hub and DT RR1.2 rim.
When DT started their rim-only sales business,
they launched with "RR1.1" (equivalent to the current RR415) and
"RR1.2" (equivalent to RR585).
So this is essentially the same rim as the current RR585,
but the adhesive strength on the sticker seems different—
there's no sign of it peeling back from the edges like you sometimes see.
Just my opinion, but I think this sticker design looks cooler...
I didn't ask what happened (it wasn't necessary info for rebuilding),
but I'm guessing one broken front wheel spoke was the reason for the rebuild.
It's not a spoke nipple shear, nor is it breakage at the thread transition.
The nipple stayed stuck inside the rim.
↑The spoke is clearly too short.
That's probably connected to the nipple loosening and dropping inside the rim.
Either way, I'm taking it apart, so it doesn't matter anymore.
Took it apart.
The customer asked me to clean the hub, so
I cleaned it.
Though I'd do it anyway even if they hadn't asked.
Nothing was said about the rim, but
I polished the braking surface,
(in the photo above, the left side of the rim looks shiny—that's not just the lighting, that's from polishing)
then washed it
and dried it.
It didn't come out looking brand new, but I think it got pretty clean.
I-It's not like I polished the rim *because* they brought me Tokyo Banana or anything! ／／／
No, seriously, I'm embarrassed.
I appreciate it, but I'm not comfortable with people going to that kind of trouble,
so if possible, please refrain from bringing gifts.
I'm being silly in what I wrote above, but it has nothing to do with the actual work or deadlines.
Got it built.
I'll use the RR1.2 for something else.
I used an XR300 rim instead.
Both wheels have all-competition spokes.
The rear wheel is 48-spoke with anti-freewheel-side lacing,
and the front wheel is
inpoke radial.
From the specs they requested, it seems they read this blog pretty regularly.
One more thing I always write that's become like a template:
shiny silver hubs really are something special.
A customer brought in a wheel with a 6600 Ultegra hub and DT RR1.2 rim.
When DT started their rim-only sales business,
they launched with "RR1.1" (equivalent to the current RR415) and
"RR1.2" (equivalent to RR585).
So this is essentially the same rim as the current RR585,
but the adhesive strength on the sticker seems different—
there's no sign of it peeling back from the edges like you sometimes see.
Just my opinion, but I think this sticker design looks cooler...
I didn't ask what happened (it wasn't necessary info for rebuilding),
but I'm guessing one broken front wheel spoke was the reason for the rebuild.
It's not a spoke nipple shear, nor is it breakage at the thread transition.
The nipple stayed stuck inside the rim.
↑The spoke is clearly too short.
That's probably connected to the nipple loosening and dropping inside the rim.
Either way, I'm taking it apart, so it doesn't matter anymore.
Took it apart.
The customer asked me to clean the hub, so
I cleaned it.
Though I'd do it anyway even if they hadn't asked.
Nothing was said about the rim, but
I polished the braking surface,
(in the photo above, the left side of the rim looks shiny—that's not just the lighting, that's from polishing)
then washed it
and dried it.
It didn't come out looking brand new, but I think it got pretty clean.
I-It's not like I polished the rim *because* they brought me Tokyo Banana or anything! ／／／
No, seriously, I'm embarrassed.
I appreciate it, but I'm not comfortable with people going to that kind of trouble,
so if possible, please refrain from bringing gifts.
I'm being silly in what I wrote above, but it has nothing to do with the actual work or deadlines.
Got it built.
I'll use the RR1.2 for something else.
I used an XR300 rim instead.
Both wheels have all-competition spokes.
The rear wheel is 48-spoke with anti-freewheel-side lacing,
and the front wheel is
inpoke radial.
From the specs they requested, it seems they read this blog pretty regularly.
One more thing I always write that's become like a template:
shiny silver hubs really are something special.