Today it's wheels again (and so on).
↑This is the original condition of the front wheel
I rebuilt yesterday.
Looking at the wheel from the right side.
With disc brake wheels, it's nice that there's
a clear left-right orientation even for the front wheel.
When viewed from the right side with the valve
positioned at the top—12 o'clock—
From 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock is
the top half of the massive ZIPP logo,
And from 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock is
the bottom half of the massive ZIPP logo.
From 12 to 3 o'clock and from 6 to 9 o'clock are blank.
On ZIPP's current website, the logo orientation
is consistently shown this way without exception.
So this is considered the manufacturer's intended orientation.
I've done wheel rebuilds before for the sole purpose of
flipping the rim left-right on wheels that weren't oriented this way,
but the reason I'm mentioning all this is...
Today it's wheels again (and so on).
I'm rebuilding the rear wheel too.
It may have gone slack over time,
but the real reason I decided to rebuild was
that the non-freewheel side was quite loose.
So, with the valve hole at the top
and viewing the wheel from the right side—
↑here is blank, and
from 12 to 3 o'clock is the bottom half of the logo,
and from 6 to 9 o'clock is the top half of the logo—
meaning the rim left-right orientation was reversed
compared to the front wheel and the manufacturer's intended setup.
↑by the way, this is what it looks like from the left side
Like the front wheel, the rim tape edge was peeling and
sealant had seeped in.
The rim holes showed clear left-right spoke hole differences.
The center of the image above is the valve hole, but
the rim hole on the left was on the rim's ridge
while the one on the right was lower,
so it looked like there was a left-right difference in hole alignment—
After flipping the rim left-right (up-down in the image)
and photographing again, it looked the same way, so
it was just my imagination.
Looking more carefully, in both images
the outlines of the rim's outer holes
are aligned at the bottom of the image, so
the rim is slightly tilted the same way in both.
You can tell the rim is flipped between the two images
by how the scruffs from the tubeless valve nut
on the rim hole edge are reversed.
Done building.
ZIPP 176 hub, 24H, black half CX spokes in a 46-cross pattern.
I reused the CX spokes on the freewheel side rather than going semi-competitivo.
↑Photo from the right side (freewheel side).
I flipped the rim left-right from its original orientation.
↑ZIPP 176 hub
↑Tni Revo disc hub
ZIPP has narrower flange width
(which is advantageous for less spoke tension difference),
but the original non-freewheel side was quite loose.
I didn't go semi-competitivo because the customer is light.
On the ZIPP hub end—
—when I align it with Tni's left hub flange—
the Tni hub end just about touches the spoke,
showing how different the left flange width is.
ZIPP currently doesn't sell rims individually except for the 101,
and their complete wheel warranty is comprehensive, so
there are basically no occasions to pull rims out of wheels.
The rear wheel required a complete disassembly to flip the rim,
but I can't exactly say I had zero selfish motives
about finding out the weight when I completely disassembled the front wheel.
So I did manage to find out the individual rim weight of this rare 303S,
but of course I'm not telling.
↑wow, what a bad person
Thank you for your patience! Please check out this image!
It's the front wheel rim!
It's the rear wheel rim!
↑Stop it already!
↑This is the original condition of the front wheel
I rebuilt yesterday.
Looking at the wheel from the right side.
With disc brake wheels, it's nice that there's
a clear left-right orientation even for the front wheel.
When viewed from the right side with the valve
positioned at the top—12 o'clock—
From 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock is
the top half of the massive ZIPP logo,
And from 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock is
the bottom half of the massive ZIPP logo.
From 12 to 3 o'clock and from 6 to 9 o'clock are blank.
On ZIPP's current website, the logo orientation
is consistently shown this way without exception.
So this is considered the manufacturer's intended orientation.
I've done wheel rebuilds before for the sole purpose of
flipping the rim left-right on wheels that weren't oriented this way,
but the reason I'm mentioning all this is...
Today it's wheels again (and so on).
I'm rebuilding the rear wheel too.
It may have gone slack over time,
but the real reason I decided to rebuild was
that the non-freewheel side was quite loose.
So, with the valve hole at the top
and viewing the wheel from the right side—
↑here is blank, and
from 12 to 3 o'clock is the bottom half of the logo,
and from 6 to 9 o'clock is the top half of the logo—
meaning the rim left-right orientation was reversed
compared to the front wheel and the manufacturer's intended setup.
↑by the way, this is what it looks like from the left side
Like the front wheel, the rim tape edge was peeling and
sealant had seeped in.
The rim holes showed clear left-right spoke hole differences.
The center of the image above is the valve hole, but
the rim hole on the left was on the rim's ridge
while the one on the right was lower,
so it looked like there was a left-right difference in hole alignment—
After flipping the rim left-right (up-down in the image)
and photographing again, it looked the same way, so
it was just my imagination.
Looking more carefully, in both images
the outlines of the rim's outer holes
are aligned at the bottom of the image, so
the rim is slightly tilted the same way in both.
You can tell the rim is flipped between the two images
by how the scruffs from the tubeless valve nut
on the rim hole edge are reversed.
Done building.
ZIPP 176 hub, 24H, black half CX spokes in a 46-cross pattern.
I reused the CX spokes on the freewheel side rather than going semi-competitivo.
↑Photo from the right side (freewheel side).
I flipped the rim left-right from its original orientation.
↑ZIPP 176 hub
↑Tni Revo disc hub
ZIPP has narrower flange width
(which is advantageous for less spoke tension difference),
but the original non-freewheel side was quite loose.
I didn't go semi-competitivo because the customer is light.
On the ZIPP hub end—
—when I align it with Tni's left hub flange—
the Tni hub end just about touches the spoke,
showing how different the left flange width is.
ZIPP currently doesn't sell rims individually except for the 101,
and their complete wheel warranty is comprehensive, so
there are basically no occasions to pull rims out of wheels.
The rear wheel required a complete disassembly to flip the rim,
but I can't exactly say I had zero selfish motives
about finding out the weight when I completely disassembled the front wheel.
So I did manage to find out the individual rim weight of this rare 303S,
but of course I'm not telling.
↑wow, what a bad person
Thank you for your patience! Please check out this image!
It's the front wheel rim!
It's the rear wheel rim!
↑Stop it already!