Wheels again today (and so on).
Built a wheel using a Kinlin XR200 rim.
This is a customer's own parts, not from our shop inventory.
The hubs front and rear are Novatech 482 and 291, which are equivalent to Tni Evo hubs (though actually these are the original).
The rear wheel is built in a semi-competition Italian 46-spoke pattern with reverse lacing on the freewheel side,
The front wheel is built in CX-RAY spokes with radial lacing.
For my personal wheels, except where structurally impossible,
I always build radial wheels with non-reverse lacing,
but since over 99.9% of the radial-laced wheels out there with straight-gauge spokes
are built with reverse lacing,
I figured it's not my place to push the minority approach,
so I only do non-reverse lacing when customers specifically request it
(I don't offer it myself).
But lately, requests for it have been increasing quite a bit.
Built a wheel using a Kinlin XR200 rim.
This is a customer's own parts, not from our shop inventory.
The hubs front and rear are Novatech 482 and 291, which are equivalent to Tni Evo hubs (though actually these are the original).
The rear wheel is built in a semi-competition Italian 46-spoke pattern with reverse lacing on the freewheel side,
The front wheel is built in CX-RAY spokes with radial lacing.
For my personal wheels, except where structurally impossible,
I always build radial wheels with non-reverse lacing,
but since over 99.9% of the radial-laced wheels out there with straight-gauge spokes
are built with reverse lacing,
I figured it's not my place to push the minority approach,
so I only do non-reverse lacing when customers specifically request it
(I don't offer it myself).
But lately, requests for it have been increasing quite a bit.