Another wheel day (and so on).
Built a front wheel with a Tni SUB1 rim.
ONYX Vespa hub, 20H
Black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing with
blue aluminum nipples.
Going back in the timeline a bit—
this is a photo of the hub end before building the wheel.
The blue anodize is per the customer's order for the ONYX,
and they specifically requested that the blue aluminum nipples
be as dark a shade as possible.
DT's blue anodized nipples show color variation
not just between batches, but even within a single box.
Not related to this job, but—
the red nipple color has gotten lighter recently.
That one's consistent though; all nipples in a box
have the same shade. Red faded about seven or eight years ago,
and I haven't seen darker batches since then.
Recently it faded even further than that.
I still have stock of the pre-fading versions,
so I've actually never used the latest red yet.
↑From the same box, I've sorted out the ones marked "Blue"
by eye—the one on the right is the darker shade.
Yet these are supposedly the same color.
↑The newly added color below
is "Turquoise," not "Blue."
But even Turquoise has shade variation,
and the lighter Blue and darker Turquoise end up looking nearly identical.
Maybe these colors start with the same base pigment,
and they're trying to differentiate them
by varying the anodizing time. Maybe.
↑All of these are Turquoise—
the right one is dark, the left is light,
and the center one has uneven coloring.
Rim weight alone
Front wheel weight
The customer mentioned it too—
the ONYX rear hub is heavy due to its stepless ratchet mechanism,
so even though the rim claims SUB1,
the combined front and rear wheel weight will likely exceed 1kg.
Built a front wheel with a Tni SUB1 rim.
ONYX Vespa hub, 20H
Black CX-RAY outpoke radial lacing with
blue aluminum nipples.
Going back in the timeline a bit—
this is a photo of the hub end before building the wheel.
The blue anodize is per the customer's order for the ONYX,
and they specifically requested that the blue aluminum nipples
be as dark a shade as possible.
DT's blue anodized nipples show color variation
not just between batches, but even within a single box.
Not related to this job, but—
the red nipple color has gotten lighter recently.
That one's consistent though; all nipples in a box
have the same shade. Red faded about seven or eight years ago,
and I haven't seen darker batches since then.
Recently it faded even further than that.
I still have stock of the pre-fading versions,
so I've actually never used the latest red yet.
↑From the same box, I've sorted out the ones marked "Blue"
by eye—the one on the right is the darker shade.
Yet these are supposedly the same color.
↑The newly added color below
is "Turquoise," not "Blue."
But even Turquoise has shade variation,
and the lighter Blue and darker Turquoise end up looking nearly identical.
Maybe these colors start with the same base pigment,
and they're trying to differentiate them
by varying the anodizing time. Maybe.
↑All of these are Turquoise—
the right one is dark, the left is light,
and the center one has uneven coloring.
Rim weight alone
Front wheel weight
The customer mentioned it too—
the ONYX rear hub is heavy due to its stepless ratchet mechanism,
so even though the rim claims SUB1,
the combined front and rear wheel weight will likely exceed 1kg.