Another day with wheels (and so on).
But before that.

The other day when I did a non-U spoke radial lacing with this hub,
there was a reason I didn't go with U spoke radial.
The hub's instruction manual said
"When lacing radial or 1-cross, lace with head out (elbow in)."


"Head out" refers to the state where the spoke head faces outward,
"elbow in" refers to the state where the spoke bend faces inward toward the hub flange,
and these two terms are synonymous. In blog terms, that's non-U spoke.
Since I couldn't think of a corresponding Japanese term and this seemed like a frequently-occurring concept when writing about wheels,
I created the neologisms "U spoke" and "non-U spoke."


And now, the main event.
I received a carbon rim from a customer.


↑ "Non-U spoke" is becoming a common term!


All built up.


The Dura-Ace hub was also brought in by the customer.
It's a strange lineup where they have 18H but no 20H,
but I really hope they'll release a 20H version.


It's a carbon clincher rim,
and the bead ears are fairly thick, so it looks pretty resistant to buckling.