Another day of wheel work (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday.
I rebuilt the front wheel for the Alpinist CL.
The hub is from the Rovar brand
DT 350 in all-black Aero Lite straight spokes, laced in a forced 2-cross pattern on both sides,
with the final crossings woven in.
↑Upper layer
↑Lower layer
I successfully reused the rim tape.
Come on, don't write stuff like "not tubeless compatible" on parts that are already illegible in their shipped condition!
Before disassembly, the wheel had virtually no runout,
with only a slight lateral shift of the rim to the right.
After rebuilding the wheel, I reused the spokes on the same side
and while threading the lower tension side—the right side near the final crossing—
I noticed that since I hadn't paid attention to the original front and back of the spokes when building,
there were two spots where the sides where the spokes had previously contacted each other at the final crossing
were now facing outward, and they showed rub marks from deflection.
With the left-right different diameter lacing providing more tension than before,
the rubbed areas should be slightly offset from their original positions.
It's built.
On the disc brake side, I switched the spokes to black CX Sprint,
while keeping the original Aero Lite spokes on the non-disc side,
and then threaded them.
Continuing from yesterday.
I rebuilt the front wheel for the Alpinist CL.
The hub is from the Rovar brand
DT 350 in all-black Aero Lite straight spokes, laced in a forced 2-cross pattern on both sides,
with the final crossings woven in.
↑Upper layer
↑Lower layer
I successfully reused the rim tape.
Come on, don't write stuff like "not tubeless compatible" on parts that are already illegible in their shipped condition!
Before disassembly, the wheel had virtually no runout,
with only a slight lateral shift of the rim to the right.
After rebuilding the wheel, I reused the spokes on the same side
and while threading the lower tension side—the right side near the final crossing—
I noticed that since I hadn't paid attention to the original front and back of the spokes when building,
there were two spots where the sides where the spokes had previously contacted each other at the final crossing
were now facing outward, and they showed rub marks from deflection.
With the left-right different diameter lacing providing more tension than before,
the rubbed areas should be slightly offset from their original positions.
It's built.
On the disc brake side, I switched the spokes to black CX Sprint,
while keeping the original Aero Lite spokes on the non-disc side,
and then threaded them.