Wheel building again today (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday.
I built a rear wheel using a Molterno (Italian rim brand) Grand Prix 80 rim.
Bronze anodized Superbe Pro
boss freewheel hub (OLD 126mm) 32H
Comp spokes on freewheel side / race spokes on non-freewheel side
46-Italian lacing pattern.
I'll do the spoke wrapping later.
With older rims, surface treatment to improve rim cement adhesion
was sometimes applied to the outer perimeter. This one has it too.
Rather than rim cement performance being poor back then,
I think the aim was to reduce the likelihood of tire separation
that occurred when slow-drying rim cement was used before it dried.
Panaracer's rim cement says "fast-drying" on the container, but
from a rim cement history perspective,
that's practically ultra-fast-drying.
The Superbe Pro comes in limited anodize colors like gold and bronze,
but the official name for this anodize color
turned out to be brown.
Continuing from yesterday.
I built a rear wheel using a Molterno (Italian rim brand) Grand Prix 80 rim.
Bronze anodized Superbe Pro
boss freewheel hub (OLD 126mm) 32H
Comp spokes on freewheel side / race spokes on non-freewheel side
46-Italian lacing pattern.
I'll do the spoke wrapping later.
With older rims, surface treatment to improve rim cement adhesion
was sometimes applied to the outer perimeter. This one has it too.
Rather than rim cement performance being poor back then,
I think the aim was to reduce the likelihood of tire separation
that occurred when slow-drying rim cement was used before it dried.
Panaracer's rim cement says "fast-drying" on the container, but
from a rim cement history perspective,
that's practically ultra-fast-drying.
The Superbe Pro comes in limited anodize colors like gold and bronze,
but the official name for this anodize color
turned out to be brown.