Another wheel day (and so on).
A customer left a CL50 rear wheel with me.
This is the newer specification, so
the spoke heads are flattened into a sliced king oyster mushroom shape,
and the nipples aren't the internal type either.
Also, where the older model was front 18H and rear 24H,
this one is front 16H and rear 21H.
For disc brake wheels, the non-freewheel side uses
tangent lacing (which requires an even number of spokes),
which is why it was 24H,
but with 21H, the final crossing angle on the freewheel side
becomes more obtuse, which is an advantage.
So any issues from having fewer spokes
can be handled by adjusting spoke weight distribution and tensioning.
※For folks at home
Try comparing it with the 16+8 24H!
It's built.
It's semi-CX Sprint, but as a counterpoint to asymmetrical lacing on both sides,
it's reverse asymmetrical lacing—meaning the freewheel side is CX-RAY
and the non-freewheel side is CX Sprint.
I'll tension it up later.
A customer left a CL50 rear wheel with me.
This is the newer specification, so
the spoke heads are flattened into a sliced king oyster mushroom shape,
and the nipples aren't the internal type either.
Also, where the older model was front 18H and rear 24H,
this one is front 16H and rear 21H.
For disc brake wheels, the non-freewheel side uses
tangent lacing (which requires an even number of spokes),
which is why it was 24H,
but with 21H, the final crossing angle on the freewheel side
becomes more obtuse, which is an advantage.
So any issues from having fewer spokes
can be handled by adjusting spoke weight distribution and tensioning.
※For folks at home
Try comparing it with the 16+8 24H!
It's built.
It's semi-CX Sprint, but as a counterpoint to asymmetrical lacing on both sides,
it's reverse asymmetrical lacing—meaning the freewheel side is CX-RAY
and the non-freewheel side is CX Sprint.
I'll tension it up later.