Another day with wheels (and so on).
A customer brought in the rear wheel of Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 for repair.
Apparently they had called out a cyclist who ran a red light on their crossbike,
and the guy got angry and deliberately crashed into the rear wheel,
causing a crash,
then ran off shouting something incomprehensible.
The rear wheel had so much runout that even with the caliper quick-release open,
it was rubbing badly,
and since the chain came off when they got knocked down,
they couldn't chase after the crossbike right away.
But if they'd been able to chase immediately and caught up,
there's a possibility they could have been stabbed,
so in a way it's fortunate they couldn't pursue.
A nearby shop apparently attempted some truing work,
but even when we took it in, the wheel had such obvious runout
that rim deformation was beyond question,
so a rim replacement was necessary.
The nearby shop didn't say it was "fixed"—
they only did temporary repairs under the assumption
that a rim replacement would be needed.
There's a marker sticker at the spot with the worst runout...
Oh wait, that's not it.
There's the marker sticker.
Moving the rim over...
Wheel is built.
Evolite hub, 24-hole, semi-comp lacing with wired connections.
Completely replaced the rim and silver aluminum nipples.
A customer brought in the rear wheel of Nomu Lab Wheel No. 1 for repair.
Apparently they had called out a cyclist who ran a red light on their crossbike,
and the guy got angry and deliberately crashed into the rear wheel,
causing a crash,
then ran off shouting something incomprehensible.
The rear wheel had so much runout that even with the caliper quick-release open,
it was rubbing badly,
and since the chain came off when they got knocked down,
they couldn't chase after the crossbike right away.
But if they'd been able to chase immediately and caught up,
there's a possibility they could have been stabbed,
so in a way it's fortunate they couldn't pursue.
A nearby shop apparently attempted some truing work,
but even when we took it in, the wheel had such obvious runout
that rim deformation was beyond question,
so a rim replacement was necessary.
The nearby shop didn't say it was "fixed"—
they only did temporary repairs under the assumption
that a rim replacement would be needed.
There's a marker sticker at the spot with the worst runout...
Oh wait, that's not it.
There's the marker sticker.
Moving the rim over...
Wheel is built.
Evolite hub, 24-hole, semi-comp lacing with wired connections.
Completely replaced the rim and silver aluminum nipples.