Another wheel day (and so on).
I built a front wheel using the same rim as
Nomo Lab Wheel No. 2, which I received from a customer.
TUNE Mig 45 hub, 20 spokes
Black CX Sprint straight-pull radial laced.
This hub is commonly used when building ultra-light wheels,
and I also built a front wheel (24-spoke) with my own EDGE 25 rim
that measured 388g using this hub,
but this customer's front wheel has a rim that alone weighs around 388g,
so ultra-lightness wasn't the goal to begin with, and
the customer wanted stiffness to be the priority.
Also, since the hub's maximum tension limit is 1000N,
I wanted to gain spoke deflection resistance through tension × gauge,
so I didn't go with CX-RAY spokes.
Considering the intended purpose of the rear wheel I'll build later, this was the right choice.
Going back in the timeline, here's the Mig 45 hub before assembly.
The left and right dropout lengths appear different because
one is a press-fit end that hasn't been pressed on yet.
This end is pressed in so tightly that despite the name,
it can't be removed or installed by hand.
Also, you can't thread spokes through the hub flanges
without first removing the hub axle entirely.
I applied tape to the hub flange.
↑This isn't me replacing the tape—
I'm rotating the hub flange.
Before spoke tension is applied,
the hub flange can rotate infinitely and smoothly.
As I always mention with these types of hubs,
it handles paired-spoke rims without any issues.
↑A front wheel where the hub body, hub axle, and dropout are
see-through
I built a front wheel using the same rim as
Nomo Lab Wheel No. 2, which I received from a customer.
TUNE Mig 45 hub, 20 spokes
Black CX Sprint straight-pull radial laced.
This hub is commonly used when building ultra-light wheels,
and I also built a front wheel (24-spoke) with my own EDGE 25 rim
that measured 388g using this hub,
but this customer's front wheel has a rim that alone weighs around 388g,
so ultra-lightness wasn't the goal to begin with, and
the customer wanted stiffness to be the priority.
Also, since the hub's maximum tension limit is 1000N,
I wanted to gain spoke deflection resistance through tension × gauge,
so I didn't go with CX-RAY spokes.
Considering the intended purpose of the rear wheel I'll build later, this was the right choice.
Going back in the timeline, here's the Mig 45 hub before assembly.
The left and right dropout lengths appear different because
one is a press-fit end that hasn't been pressed on yet.
This end is pressed in so tightly that despite the name,
it can't be removed or installed by hand.
Also, you can't thread spokes through the hub flanges
without first removing the hub axle entirely.
I applied tape to the hub flange.
↑This isn't me replacing the tape—
I'm rotating the hub flange.
Before spoke tension is applied,
the hub flange can rotate infinitely and smoothly.
As I always mention with these types of hubs,
it handles paired-spoke rims without any issues.
↑A front wheel where the hub body, hub axle, and dropout are
see-through