Nomu Lab Diary

Built a rim brake front wheel with a hole-free lightweight rim

Wheels again today (and so on).
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Built a rim brake front wheel using a
lightweight rim with no holes in the rim's outer section
aside from the valve hole.

Not only did I build it with a rim brake hub,

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the brake zone has machining with directional properties (left/right),
so the rim itself is also designed with rim brake use in mind.

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The Novatech 291SL hub in black—the original inspiration for the Evolight hub—
20H, laced outpoke radial with black CX-RAY spokes
and black aluminum nipples.

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