Today it's wheels again (and so on).
A customer entrusted me with a Velocity A23 rim.
There's only one sticker in the location shown in the image above,
with the manufacturer name on one side and the model name on the other.
If this were, say, Campagnolo and Bora labeling,
when looking at the bike from the right side, the information you get
would be better if it said Bora, so
I'm building it with the A23 marking facing right.
I made the same judgment in the past (→here)(→here).
The spoke holes on the inner side of the rim appear to have no spoke hole centering,
but the outer side is offset left and right.
When building with universal nipples, it doesn't matter,
but when using nipples that can be gripped from the outer side as well
and doing the wheel building mainly by gripping from the outer side,
if you don't orient the spokes in the direction suggested by the spoke hole offset,
the tool won't engage the nipple.
Needless to say, the direction suggested is correct spoke hole offset.
Done building.
HB-7600-R 36H
All Campagnolo 8/8 Italian lacing.
I'll do the lacing pattern marking later.
Since it's 36H, there's an NJS stamp mark at the center of the hub body,
and that stamp, the Italian lacing,
and (something I decided on my own) having the A23 marking
on the right side are my reasoning for the left-right orientation.
Regardless of the hub, what surprised me was
that the A23 rim (manufactured in 2023 according to the sticker
on the rim tape contact surface) comes in 36H spec.
A customer entrusted me with a Velocity A23 rim.
There's only one sticker in the location shown in the image above,
with the manufacturer name on one side and the model name on the other.
If this were, say, Campagnolo and Bora labeling,
when looking at the bike from the right side, the information you get
would be better if it said Bora, so
I'm building it with the A23 marking facing right.
I made the same judgment in the past (→here)(→here).
The spoke holes on the inner side of the rim appear to have no spoke hole centering,
but the outer side is offset left and right.
When building with universal nipples, it doesn't matter,
but when using nipples that can be gripped from the outer side as well
and doing the wheel building mainly by gripping from the outer side,
if you don't orient the spokes in the direction suggested by the spoke hole offset,
the tool won't engage the nipple.
Needless to say, the direction suggested is correct spoke hole offset.
Done building.
HB-7600-R 36H
All Campagnolo 8/8 Italian lacing.
I'll do the lacing pattern marking later.
Since it's 36H, there's an NJS stamp mark at the center of the hub body,
and that stamp, the Italian lacing,
and (something I decided on my own) having the A23 marking
on the right side are my reasoning for the left-right orientation.
Regardless of the hub, what surprised me was
that the A23 rim (manufactured in 2023 according to the sticker
on the rim tape contact surface) comes in 36H spec.