Today wasn't going to be another wheel (and so on) situation.
I took in the front and rear wheels of a customer's Roval CLX32 Disk.
A while back I fixed a different set of wheels for the same customer, and at that time when they ordered the Nomulab Wheel No. 8, I asked about the wheels they had on hand. Turned out they had a Roval wheel they weren't using much, so I suggested—why not rebuild that one?
When I was about to start work on left-right reverse different-diameter lacing plus tie-in wrapping...
↑more spokes side
↑fewer spokes side
Hold on—this thing's already got left-right reverse different-diameter lacing! Oh right, this is a CLX32. Even the rim brake model CLX32 rear wheel has the same spec.
Roval, Fulcrum, Corima—they all incorporate "left-right reverse different-diameter lacing as a counter to left-right different spoke count lacing" when the rim becomes low-profile. I'm of the opinion this should be done regardless of rim height, and I have a sense—though I won't write it here—for why wheel manufacturers don't do it with high-profile rims.
So for this job, it's just inspection and tie-in wrapping—no need to disassemble the wheels.
↑front wheel
↑rear wheel
Both wheels had slight runout and centering issues that I corrected, then tied in the final crossing on the fewer-spokes side.
I took in the front and rear wheels of a customer's Roval CLX32 Disk.
A while back I fixed a different set of wheels for the same customer, and at that time when they ordered the Nomulab Wheel No. 8, I asked about the wheels they had on hand. Turned out they had a Roval wheel they weren't using much, so I suggested—why not rebuild that one?
When I was about to start work on left-right reverse different-diameter lacing plus tie-in wrapping...
↑more spokes side
↑fewer spokes side
Hold on—this thing's already got left-right reverse different-diameter lacing! Oh right, this is a CLX32. Even the rim brake model CLX32 rear wheel has the same spec.
Roval, Fulcrum, Corima—they all incorporate "left-right reverse different-diameter lacing as a counter to left-right different spoke count lacing" when the rim becomes low-profile. I'm of the opinion this should be done regardless of rim height, and I have a sense—though I won't write it here—for why wheel manufacturers don't do it with high-profile rims.
So for this job, it's just inspection and tie-in wrapping—no need to disassemble the wheels.
↑front wheel
↑rear wheel
Both wheels had slight runout and centering issues that I corrected, then tied in the final crossing on the fewer-spokes side.