The other day I rebuilt the front and rear wheels of a Roval CL50
and it was used in a race the very next day after delivery,
and regarding the feedback that the handling felt better
it's actually harder to build a slower Roval wheel than it is to build a better one
naturally, but apparently the disk rotor
was making a harsh squeaking sound that has now disappeared.
Whether the amount of wobbling of the structural body caused by spokes
originating from the hub flange
and the amount the rotor fixed to the end of the hub body
wobbles relative to the brake caliper
changes that much or not, I'm not sure
but since other conditions (changing pads,
bleeding, etc.) haven't changed
it's possible the wheel rebuild improved things.
If that's what happened, well, that's fine.
I myself use the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8,
and especially the rear wheel (→here) has a spec that's like the extreme brutality of a spoked wheel
with 28H Campagnolo/CX Sprint,
so when I occasionally borrow a customer's bike in front of the shop
maybe because recent frames are extremely stiff,
the included wheels (wheels from a wheel builder, not from
a frame builder) are shockingly sluggish,
which sometimes surprises me.
Regarding that, I often hear people defend it saying
something like "the ride quality is tuned to match the frame stiffness"
but I don't think that's right.
Well, if you think that and have no complaints,
there's no problem at all.
It's just that some customers can't tolerate it and request a rebuild.
There was a fully assembled wheel from the FJT brand
made with a Duke rim and titanium spokes,
but after sending it back twice for spoke nipple loosening issues,
it loosened again afterward and wasn't resolved,
so we fixed it at our shop.
I've asked the customer several times,
but apparently no loosening has occurred since.
The hub was a DT hub for straight spokes,
and structurally it was premised on being built with a correctly-oriented rim,
yet for some reason the rim was reverse-oriented
（though I've seen several Duke rims in other instances,
and they were all correctly-oriented),
and it was built normally in that combination,
so the spoke path was built counter to the rim's hole drilling.
In other words, whoever built the original wheel
had both poor judgment and poor skills (→here)(→here).
And so, for this wheel customer,
I've had them permanently try out a prototype of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8.
I won't deny that this is in bad taste—essentially a cruel comparison like
"Look how much faster you go when you pedal this compared to that FJT wheel! Hah!"—
but the main reason was that I felt sorry for them getting stuck with such a crappy wheel
（including the shopping experience）.
A few months after sending the wheel,
I did a follow-up interview, and
this gave me extremely important insights and conviction
regarding the sale of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8. Hehe.
So I was about to announce
the price of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8,
when the long-out-of-stock CX Sprint finally arrived,
and I thought all the materials—rim, hub, spokes, and nipples—were in stock,
but then our shop inventory of rims
exceeded the number on backorder.
The wholesaler's rim inventory
is gone, bought out.
Don't worry about why I can state with certainty that the shortage is due to hoarding.
If I don't know the next delivery date for rims,
there will be a long gap in lead times.
Just when I was thinking that, Tni aluminum rims
arrived on March 22nd in all types and all hole counts,
and for a moment, all rim shortages were resolved.
Currently the AL22W disc offset-less 24H rim is
out of stock again due to hoarding.
Don't worry about why I can state with certainty that the shortage is due to hoarding.
Starting with this shipment,
they've apparently stopped the practice of putting stickers on rims from the factory.
Also, the design has apparently changed.
I haven't written about this before, but because of the fingerprint issue,
this is good news.
I'll write about the new sticker and the "fingerprint issue" in a separate post later.
Not just the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8 rim,
but there were various aluminum rims waiting for delivery,
so this shipment was truly a lifesaver.
and it was used in a race the very next day after delivery,
and regarding the feedback that the handling felt better
naturally, but apparently the disk rotor
was making a harsh squeaking sound that has now disappeared.
Whether the amount of wobbling of the structural body caused by spokes
originating from the hub flange
and the amount the rotor fixed to the end of the hub body
wobbles relative to the brake caliper
changes that much or not, I'm not sure
but since other conditions (changing pads,
bleeding, etc.) haven't changed
it's possible the wheel rebuild improved things.
If that's what happened, well, that's fine.
I myself use the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8,
and especially the rear wheel (→here) has a spec that's like the extreme brutality of a spoked wheel
with 28H Campagnolo/CX Sprint,
so when I occasionally borrow a customer's bike in front of the shop
maybe because recent frames are extremely stiff,
the included wheels (wheels from a wheel builder, not from
a frame builder) are shockingly sluggish,
which sometimes surprises me.
Regarding that, I often hear people defend it saying
something like "the ride quality is tuned to match the frame stiffness"
but I don't think that's right.
Well, if you think that and have no complaints,
there's no problem at all.
It's just that some customers can't tolerate it and request a rebuild.
There was a fully assembled wheel from the FJT brand
made with a Duke rim and titanium spokes,
but after sending it back twice for spoke nipple loosening issues,
it loosened again afterward and wasn't resolved,
so we fixed it at our shop.
I've asked the customer several times,
but apparently no loosening has occurred since.
The hub was a DT hub for straight spokes,
and structurally it was premised on being built with a correctly-oriented rim,
yet for some reason the rim was reverse-oriented
（though I've seen several Duke rims in other instances,
and they were all correctly-oriented),
and it was built normally in that combination,
so the spoke path was built counter to the rim's hole drilling.
In other words, whoever built the original wheel
had both poor judgment and poor skills (→here)(→here).
And so, for this wheel customer,
I've had them permanently try out a prototype of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8.
I won't deny that this is in bad taste—essentially a cruel comparison like
"Look how much faster you go when you pedal this compared to that FJT wheel! Hah!"—
but the main reason was that I felt sorry for them getting stuck with such a crappy wheel
（including the shopping experience）.
A few months after sending the wheel,
I did a follow-up interview, and
this gave me extremely important insights and conviction
regarding the sale of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8. Hehe.
So I was about to announce
the price of the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8,
when the long-out-of-stock CX Sprint finally arrived,
and I thought all the materials—rim, hub, spokes, and nipples—were in stock,
but then our shop inventory of rims
exceeded the number on backorder.
The wholesaler's rim inventory
is gone, bought out.
If I don't know the next delivery date for rims,
there will be a long gap in lead times.
Just when I was thinking that, Tni aluminum rims
arrived on March 22nd in all types and all hole counts,
Currently the AL22W disc offset-less 24H rim is
out of stock again due to hoarding.
Starting with this shipment,
they've apparently stopped the practice of putting stickers on rims from the factory.
Also, the design has apparently changed.
I haven't written about this before, but because of the fingerprint issue,
this is good news.
I'll write about the new sticker and the "fingerprint issue" in a separate post later.
Not just the Nomunlab Wheel No. 8 rim,
but there were various aluminum rims waiting for delivery,
so this shipment was truly a lifesaver.