Wheels again today (etc.).
A while back I rebuilt the rear wheel on a rim brake CL40
(→here),
and the customer wanted the front wheel rebuilt too, so I did it.
However, the front wheel for rim brakes uses
straight spokes in a forced radial lacing pattern, so
there's no cross-lacing element—it's just spoke thickness and tension variation,
so I told the customer it won't transform as dramatically as the rear wheel.
Oh, but apparently the rear wheel changed dramatically,
and the braking feel improved significantly.
A Rohloff hub, 18H, all-black competition straight gauge
forced radial lacing to
Black CX Sprint straight gauge spokes.
If we kept the competition gauge and tensioned it to similar levels
with the original spokes,
we could make a similar wheel,
but getting round-section spokes that tight is nearly impossible.
Also, regarding the probability of spokes breaking in the future
versus bending them in a crash or accident,
the latter is far more likely
（in fact, the former probability is relatively low）,
and since black competition straight gauge is extremely hard to source,
from a maintenance standpoint, black CX Sprint is superior.
This wheel can currently only be built at our shop, basically.
Not for technical reasons, but because
the spoke length required—270 to 280mm—cannot be generated
from the 310mm CX Sprint currently in stock at distributors（→here）.
We did get a response from the distributor on this:
"Turns out when I checked, literally everything we have
can only be cut down to 280mm max, that's just how it's spec'd!
I'll let Sapim know!"
...No idea when this will get resolved.
The rim this time is for internal nipples,
a different spec from current models.
The average weight for CLX/CL50 disc brake rims
is around 435g,
so I'd hope this 40mm rim height rim is lighter than that...
I did check the results, but I'm not telling.
↑man, that's a bad attitude
Sorry for the wait! Check out this image!
This is a rear 24H rim!
This is a front 18H rim!
↑Stop that!
A while back I rebuilt the rear wheel on a rim brake CL40
(→here),
and the customer wanted the front wheel rebuilt too, so I did it.
However, the front wheel for rim brakes uses
straight spokes in a forced radial lacing pattern, so
there's no cross-lacing element—it's just spoke thickness and tension variation,
so I told the customer it won't transform as dramatically as the rear wheel.
Oh, but apparently the rear wheel changed dramatically,
and the braking feel improved significantly.
A Rohloff hub, 18H, all-black competition straight gauge
forced radial lacing to
Black CX Sprint straight gauge spokes.
If we kept the competition gauge and tensioned it to similar levels
with the original spokes,
we could make a similar wheel,
but getting round-section spokes that tight is nearly impossible.
Also, regarding the probability of spokes breaking in the future
versus bending them in a crash or accident,
the latter is far more likely
（in fact, the former probability is relatively low）,
and since black competition straight gauge is extremely hard to source,
from a maintenance standpoint, black CX Sprint is superior.
This wheel can currently only be built at our shop, basically.
Not for technical reasons, but because
the spoke length required—270 to 280mm—cannot be generated
from the 310mm CX Sprint currently in stock at distributors（→here）.
We did get a response from the distributor on this:
"Turns out when I checked, literally everything we have
can only be cut down to 280mm max, that's just how it's spec'd!
I'll let Sapim know!"
...No idea when this will get resolved.
The rim this time is for internal nipples,
a different spec from current models.
The average weight for CLX/CL50 disc brake rims
is around 435g,
so I'd hope this 40mm rim height rim is lighter than that...
I did check the results, but I'm not telling.
↑man, that's a bad attitude
Sorry for the wait! Check out this image!
This is a rear 24H rim!
This is a front 18H rim!
↑Stop that!