Another wheel day (and so on).
I received two UD carbon-finished
50mm-deep, ETRTO 451mm rims from a customer.
Both are 32H, and I'm building front and rear wheels for rim brakes with these,
but in combinations like this,
if one happens to be an offset rim and I don't catch it,
I might end up building the rear wheel first with a non-offset rim
and then things get... messy.
I built the front wheel first for different reasons,
but I do check whether one of the rims might be offset.
The rim holes don't appear to show
any clear left-right offset differences,
but there are instructions about the freewheel body orientation for the rear wheel.
Actually, if there really were a clear offset,
forcing a rim brake front wheel together wouldn't be right.
Even though I'm of the opinion there's no apparent hole offset,
when building the rear wheel, I follow the instructions
unless there's a solid reason to go against them.
It's built.
Mystery hub, 32H, #14 black Campagnolo outpoke radial lacing.
I initially told the customer I'd build it with #15 plain,
and I actually did a trial build with #15 plain twice,
but it didn't look quite right, so I asked the customer
and switched to #14.
Just to be clear—I didn't charge the customer for the parts I messed up.
The hub has slits cut into it,
accommodating flat spokes 2.3mm wide or more.
I don't know which hub this is,
but it has 5mm Allen key socket reliefs and
serrated end surfaces that look just like a hollow end bolt I know of—
and despite having different diameters and spoke counts,
the flange taper is remarkably similar—
the way the six camera lights reflect off it matches
how they reflect off another hub I know of,
which has that same distinctive machining style on the hub body.
I received two UD carbon-finished
50mm-deep, ETRTO 451mm rims from a customer.
Both are 32H, and I'm building front and rear wheels for rim brakes with these,
but in combinations like this,
if one happens to be an offset rim and I don't catch it,
I might end up building the rear wheel first with a non-offset rim
and then things get... messy.
I built the front wheel first for different reasons,
but I do check whether one of the rims might be offset.
The rim holes don't appear to show
any clear left-right offset differences,
but there are instructions about the freewheel body orientation for the rear wheel.
Actually, if there really were a clear offset,
forcing a rim brake front wheel together wouldn't be right.
Even though I'm of the opinion there's no apparent hole offset,
when building the rear wheel, I follow the instructions
unless there's a solid reason to go against them.
It's built.
Mystery hub, 32H, #14 black Campagnolo outpoke radial lacing.
I initially told the customer I'd build it with #15 plain,
and I actually did a trial build with #15 plain twice,
but it didn't look quite right, so I asked the customer
and switched to #14.
Just to be clear—I didn't charge the customer for the parts I messed up.
The hub has slits cut into it,
accommodating flat spokes 2.3mm wide or more.
I don't know which hub this is,
but it has 5mm Allen key socket reliefs and
serrated end surfaces that look just like a hollow end bolt I know of—
and despite having different diameters and spoke counts,
the flange taper is remarkably similar—
the way the six camera lights reflect off it matches
how they reflect off another hub I know of,
which has that same distinctive machining style on the hub body.