Another day, another wheel (and so on).
A customer dropped off a Rovale CL50 rear wheel for me to work on.
The rim is probably the same as the CLX (at least there's no significant weight difference),
the spokes are DT Competition, and the nipples are brass.
The ride feel is noticeably sluggish,
so they want me to rebuild it.
If someone has no complaints about this wheel,
it's either because they'reunculturedinsensitive,
or they simply don't know any other wheels,
in which case I'd say that's a kind of happiness.
But if you've ridden decent wheels before, well, you can't miss the difference.
Rebuilt it.
Black CX-RAY on the freewheel side, black CX Sprint on the non-freewheel side in reverse-mixed-radial lacing,
replaced the nipples with generic black aluminum ones, and finished with a tie-wire.
The wheel's already been handed back to the customer,
but before the tie-wire was installed, they could already see that
spoke deflection had dropped dramatically compared to before the rebuild.
We often get asked to tighten up Rovale wheels to make them stiffer when they come in for a check,
but even if you tighten up a wheel from its stock state,
you're just using up the tension adjustment margin for future truing work—
the ride feel barely changes.
If it improved that way, the manufacturer would've done it from the start.
This particular rim was on the lighter side.
As for the specific weight... I'm not telling.
↑man, this guy's got a bad attitude
Sorry for the wait!
Please check out this image!
↑Stop it already!
A customer dropped off a Rovale CL50 rear wheel for me to work on.
The rim is probably the same as the CLX (at least there's no significant weight difference),
the spokes are DT Competition, and the nipples are brass.
The ride feel is noticeably sluggish,
so they want me to rebuild it.
If someone has no complaints about this wheel,
it's either because they're
or they simply don't know any other wheels,
in which case I'd say that's a kind of happiness.
But if you've ridden decent wheels before, well, you can't miss the difference.
Rebuilt it.
Black CX-RAY on the freewheel side, black CX Sprint on the non-freewheel side in reverse-mixed-radial lacing,
replaced the nipples with generic black aluminum ones, and finished with a tie-wire.
The wheel's already been handed back to the customer,
but before the tie-wire was installed, they could already see that
spoke deflection had dropped dramatically compared to before the rebuild.
We often get asked to tighten up Rovale wheels to make them stiffer when they come in for a check,
but even if you tighten up a wheel from its stock state,
you're just using up the tension adjustment margin for future truing work—
the ride feel barely changes.
If it improved that way, the manufacturer would've done it from the start.
This particular rim was on the lighter side.
As for the specific weight... I'm not telling.
↑man, this guy's got a bad attitude
Sorry for the wait!
Please check out this image!
↑Stop it already!