A customer dropped off a rear wheel from what's known as a gold Shamal Ultra.
The bead hook got bent from buckling, so
they're asking if I can straighten it out if possible.
The buckled area is
↑looks like this from the side
↑looks like this from above
↑looks like this at a slight angle
I put reference tape on the outer edge.
I straightened it as much as possible.
It's still slightly bent inward, but
I'm prioritizing getting a flat braking zone,
so I can't go any further than this.
There was barely any runout, but
I did a little truing on about three spots.
The wheel in the above image is spinning.
Before the work, I viewed it avoiding the buckled area.
The temporary center was spot-on,
and it remained that way after the work too (image above).
Separately from this, a friend of this Shamal Ultra owner
wanted spoke replacement on a Hyperon wheel,
and they were going to send it at the same time, but
the spokes they sourced were a different gauge, so
they said they wouldn't send it this time.
So I only received the Shamal Ultra.
I probably have spare spokes in stock at our shop,
but oh well.
The front and rear left can be serviced with CX-RAY as well,
so I think the rear right is the only one needing replacement.
↑the spoke on top is freewheel side, bottom is non-freewheel side
The Hyperon uses different-diameter lacing left and right, and
thanks to the high-low flanges and offset rim,
it's turned out pretty decent for a radially-laced rear wheel on the non-freewheel side.
↑the vertical line is the freewheel side spoke
↑the thicker one is the freewheel side spoke
Unlike this one, there were also periods when Hyperon used
much flatter spokes on the freewheel side,
and I have spares for those in stock too.
So it would've been nice if they'd sent it together.
And if the spokes they mistakenly bought happened to be
genuine Campagnolo items and unused,
I could've swapped them for the correct ones.
The bead hook got bent from buckling, so
they're asking if I can straighten it out if possible.
The buckled area is
↑looks like this from the side
↑looks like this from above
↑looks like this at a slight angle
I put reference tape on the outer edge.
I straightened it as much as possible.
It's still slightly bent inward, but
I'm prioritizing getting a flat braking zone,
so I can't go any further than this.
There was barely any runout, but
I did a little truing on about three spots.
The wheel in the above image is spinning.
Before the work, I viewed it avoiding the buckled area.
The temporary center was spot-on,
and it remained that way after the work too (image above).
Separately from this, a friend of this Shamal Ultra owner
wanted spoke replacement on a Hyperon wheel,
and they were going to send it at the same time, but
the spokes they sourced were a different gauge, so
they said they wouldn't send it this time.
So I only received the Shamal Ultra.
I probably have spare spokes in stock at our shop,
but oh well.
The front and rear left can be serviced with CX-RAY as well,
so I think the rear right is the only one needing replacement.
↑the spoke on top is freewheel side, bottom is non-freewheel side
The Hyperon uses different-diameter lacing left and right, and
thanks to the high-low flanges and offset rim,
it's turned out pretty decent for a radially-laced rear wheel on the non-freewheel side.
↑the vertical line is the freewheel side spoke
↑the thicker one is the freewheel side spoke
Unlike this one, there were also periods when Hyperon used
much flatter spokes on the freewheel side,
and I have spares for those in stock too.
So it would've been nice if they'd sent it together.
And if the spokes they mistakenly bought happened to be
genuine Campagnolo items and unused,
I could've swapped them for the correct ones.