Another day with wheels (and so on).
I received the rear wheel of a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5 from a customer.
Evolite hub, 24H, half-competition 46-lace pattern
with red aluminum nipples,
but the spokes on both sides of the valve hole
have been painted red by the customer.
Since we're replacing the rim,
it's moving day for the spokes...
Once I released the tension,
I could see there was a bent spoke.
I'll be replacing that one.
Rebuilt it.
I completely replaced the rim and nipples,
and instead of keeping the original red color,
the customer requested a rainbow arrangement (VAS arrangement) of nipples.
They already have the front wheel in rainbow,
and they loved it so much they wanted the rear wheel to match.
When you have rainbow nipples on the front wheel, you can't help but glance at them
when riding in the sun,
but since you can't see the rear wheel yourself,
I personally tend to do just the front wheel in rainbow most of the time.
When you have rainbow nipples on both front and rear wheels, they shine beautifully
when you cross a pedestrian crossing lit by car headlights at night.
By the way, my disc road bike has a green frame,
so I went with green nipples on both wheels,
but now I'm thinking about changing just the front wheel to a rainbow arrangement.
↑The replaced spoke
There were two points where the spoke was bent.
I received the rear wheel of a Nomu Lab Wheel No. 5 from a customer.
Evolite hub, 24H, half-competition 46-lace pattern
with red aluminum nipples,
but the spokes on both sides of the valve hole
have been painted red by the customer.
Since we're replacing the rim,
it's moving day for the spokes...
Once I released the tension,
I could see there was a bent spoke.
I'll be replacing that one.
Rebuilt it.
I completely replaced the rim and nipples,
and instead of keeping the original red color,
the customer requested a rainbow arrangement (VAS arrangement) of nipples.
They already have the front wheel in rainbow,
and they loved it so much they wanted the rear wheel to match.
When you have rainbow nipples on the front wheel, you can't help but glance at them
when riding in the sun,
but since you can't see the rear wheel yourself,
I personally tend to do just the front wheel in rainbow most of the time.
When you have rainbow nipples on both front and rear wheels, they shine beautifully
when you cross a pedestrian crossing lit by car headlights at night.
By the way, my disc road bike has a green frame,
so I went with green nipples on both wheels,
but now I'm thinking about changing just the front wheel to a rainbow arrangement.
↑The replaced spoke
There were two points where the spoke was bent.