Wheels again today (and so on).
Continuing from the other day.
I'm replacing the rear wheel rim too.
The Revo Disc rear hub only comes in 24H,
but I've built the rear wheel with 28H using
the Tni Duro hub which comes in front 24H + rear 28H only,
and made it semi-Campagnolo lacing using an offset rim.
This semi-Campagnolo is quite an experimental setup,
and my personal Nomu Lab Wheel No. 8 rear wheel
also uses 28H offset rim semi-Campagnolo lacing,
but the difference is that it has a DT straight-spoke hub
so it's forced 4-cross lacing.
I changed the front wheel from semi-competition to semi-CX Sprint
to reduce the spoke weight ratio difference in the left-right different diameter lacing,
and now with this rear rim replacement, I'm also
changing the spokes on the freewheel side to competition spokes
to make it semi-competition.
From careless wheel truing work, the nipple grip surfaces
were worn down, and
the spokes were twisted too.
In the worst cases, some spokes were twisted a half rotation and left that way.
I rebuilt it.
I replaced all the freewheel-side spokes
from black competition to black competition spokes,
and out of the 14 CX-RAY spokes on the non-freewheel side,
2 were bad so I replaced 4 in total.
When spokes are laced together, you have to replace
the partner spoke in the final crossing as well.
Going back in time chronologically,
this is a photo from when I transferred the spokes to the new rim.
Most of the nipples looked reusable,
but I replaced them all with new ones anyway.
↑Replaced spokes
There's deformation in the direction
they got caught up in by the wheel's rotation.
The area near the nipple is locally twisted.
This is a separate issue from the flattened butted section
that was twisted a half rotation that I mentioned earlier.
When I released the tension on that spoke,
it stayed straight.
Continuing from the other day.
I'm replacing the rear wheel rim too.
The Revo Disc rear hub only comes in 24H,
but I've built the rear wheel with 28H using
the Tni Duro hub which comes in front 24H + rear 28H only,
and made it semi-Campagnolo lacing using an offset rim.
This semi-Campagnolo is quite an experimental setup,
and my personal Nomu Lab Wheel No. 8 rear wheel
also uses 28H offset rim semi-Campagnolo lacing,
but the difference is that it has a DT straight-spoke hub
so it's forced 4-cross lacing.
I changed the front wheel from semi-competition to semi-CX Sprint
to reduce the spoke weight ratio difference in the left-right different diameter lacing,
and now with this rear rim replacement, I'm also
changing the spokes on the freewheel side to competition spokes
to make it semi-competition.
From careless wheel truing work, the nipple grip surfaces
were worn down, and
the spokes were twisted too.
In the worst cases, some spokes were twisted a half rotation and left that way.
I rebuilt it.
I replaced all the freewheel-side spokes
from black competition to black competition spokes,
and out of the 14 CX-RAY spokes on the non-freewheel side,
2 were bad so I replaced 4 in total.
When spokes are laced together, you have to replace
the partner spoke in the final crossing as well.
Going back in time chronologically,
this is a photo from when I transferred the spokes to the new rim.
Most of the nipples looked reusable,
but I replaced them all with new ones anyway.
↑Replaced spokes
There's deformation in the direction
they got caught up in by the wheel's rotation.
The area near the nipple is locally twisted.
This is a separate issue from the flattened butted section
that was twisted a half rotation that I mentioned earlier.
When I released the tension on that spoke,
it stayed straight.