Today it's wheels again (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday.
I'm rebuilding the rear wheel on the Rapide CLX.
The front wheel was perfectly centered,
and the spoke tension was also low when measured,
but with this rear wheel the rim was shifted to the right,
and while the spoke tension itself wasn't particularly low
the deflection on the freewheel side when I squeezed it
was larger than what the tension meter reading suggested.
It would be premature to assume this is simply "because it's an XI lacing pattern with sharp angles on the final crossing,"
because under nearly identical conditions,
I've never seen the spoke contact points on the final crossing
worn down this much on the rear wheels of the CLX50 or Alpinist CLX,
at least not in my experience.
Given the condition of the hub and the state of the freewheel body's splines,
it's clear this wheel hasn't been heavily abused over time.
↑Quoted from a past post
Right side spokes of the Alpinist CLX rear wheel
Rebuilt.
I've changed the non-freewheel side to black CX sprints.
I'll do the lacing later.
Continuing from yesterday.
I'm rebuilding the rear wheel on the Rapide CLX.
The front wheel was perfectly centered,
and the spoke tension was also low when measured,
but with this rear wheel the rim was shifted to the right,
and while the spoke tension itself wasn't particularly low
the deflection on the freewheel side when I squeezed it
was larger than what the tension meter reading suggested.
It would be premature to assume this is simply "because it's an XI lacing pattern with sharp angles on the final crossing,"
because under nearly identical conditions,
I've never seen the spoke contact points on the final crossing
worn down this much on the rear wheels of the CLX50 or Alpinist CLX,
at least not in my experience.
Given the condition of the hub and the state of the freewheel body's splines,
it's clear this wheel hasn't been heavily abused over time.
↑Quoted from a past post
Right side spokes of the Alpinist CLX rear wheel
Rebuilt.
I've changed the non-freewheel side to black CX sprints.
I'll do the lacing later.