Another day, another wheel (and so on).
Continuing from yesterday.
I'm rebuilding the front wheel with WO rim specification on the SES4.5.
Yesterday I wrote about the original spokes being
Sapim CX-RAY, but that was wrong—
they were actually DT Aerolite spokes, so I've corrected that.
This front wheel also has all-black Aerolite spokes.
↑These guys
This is a nipple that had fallen inside the rear wheel rim from yesterday—
a broken spoke was stuck in it.
It's not just because of this case that we're doing a rebuild,
but since the customer approved replacing spokes if it would improve things,
I'm doing a full rebuild on the front wheel rather than just inspection and retensioning.
I don't think the rear wheel had this, but
the front wheel uses spokes with squared-off swaging
to prevent spoke rotation and serve as a grip point.
Which confirms these are manufacturer in-house built wheels.
The front wheel didn't have any broken spokes,
but there was a huge piece of debris inside the rim, and when I managed to pull it out,
it was tape that had been wrapped around the valve
to deal with valve rattle.
The front hub had some lateral play,
so I adjusted the bearing cone play.
As for the temporary center after that—
For a rim brake front wheel with radial lacing
and evenly-spaced rim holes—the simplest possible wheel design—
it had quite a bit of runout.
Rebuilt.
Crisking R45 hub, 20H,
all-black CX Sprint spokes, radial lacing (non-drive side).
Since the condition when it arrived had runout and I flagged it,
I'm including photos of the condition after rebuild as well.
The reason I'm shooting from a slight distance and angle
is to include the information that
"no markings on the spoke head =
Sapim spokes."
The rims on both wheels this time are
WO rims from before the tubeless-ready-only era—
with no hump or depression on the outer perimeter.
The SES (Smart Envy System) 4.5
has rim model numbers front and rear of
A48 and A56 respectively, with the numbers representing the rim height itself.
Considering the rim's width and stiffness,
this rim has an excellent height-to-weight ratio, and
unlike tubeless-ready rims,
the rim's cross-section has no extra outline features,
so it's lighter than the same-named rim from later years.
I'm not going to tell you the specific weight though.
↑ugh, what a jerk I am
Thank you for waiting! Please see the image below!
A48 WO rim!
A56 WO rim!
↑Oh come oooon!
Continuing from yesterday.
I'm rebuilding the front wheel with WO rim specification on the SES4.5.
Yesterday I wrote about the original spokes being
Sapim CX-RAY, but that was wrong—
they were actually DT Aerolite spokes, so I've corrected that.
This front wheel also has all-black Aerolite spokes.
↑These guys
This is a nipple that had fallen inside the rear wheel rim from yesterday—
a broken spoke was stuck in it.
It's not just because of this case that we're doing a rebuild,
but since the customer approved replacing spokes if it would improve things,
I'm doing a full rebuild on the front wheel rather than just inspection and retensioning.
I don't think the rear wheel had this, but
the front wheel uses spokes with squared-off swaging
to prevent spoke rotation and serve as a grip point.
Which confirms these are manufacturer in-house built wheels.
The front wheel didn't have any broken spokes,
but there was a huge piece of debris inside the rim, and when I managed to pull it out,
it was tape that had been wrapped around the valve
to deal with valve rattle.
The front hub had some lateral play,
so I adjusted the bearing cone play.
As for the temporary center after that—
For a rim brake front wheel with radial lacing
and evenly-spaced rim holes—the simplest possible wheel design—
it had quite a bit of runout.
Rebuilt.
Crisking R45 hub, 20H,
all-black CX Sprint spokes, radial lacing (non-drive side).
Since the condition when it arrived had runout and I flagged it,
I'm including photos of the condition after rebuild as well.
The reason I'm shooting from a slight distance and angle
is to include the information that
"no markings on the spoke head =
Sapim spokes."
The rims on both wheels this time are
WO rims from before the tubeless-ready-only era—
with no hump or depression on the outer perimeter.
The SES (Smart Envy System) 4.5
has rim model numbers front and rear of
A48 and A56 respectively, with the numbers representing the rim height itself.
Considering the rim's width and stiffness,
this rim has an excellent height-to-weight ratio, and
unlike tubeless-ready rims,
the rim's cross-section has no extra outline features,
so it's lighter than the same-named rim from later years.
I'm not going to tell you the specific weight though.
↑ugh, what a jerk I am
Thank you for waiting! Please see the image below!
A48 WO rim!
A56 WO rim!
↑Oh come oooon!