Another wheel day (and so on...).
Took in Nomu Lab Wheel #5 for service.
It was supposed to be just a check-up,
but the request was to convert the outpokes to inpokes,
and to change the nipple color to red—
so I ended up needing to rebuild both wheels completely.
The rear hub is a PowerTap, so I pulled the axle to give it an inspection.
This wheel's previous incarnation was a rebuild from a PowerTap sticker rim,
and it was already fitted with heat-shrink tubing back then.
Actually, this is my first time seeing heat-shrink tubing that's been on the job for this long,
but it's holding up—no fraying, no rot. Nice work, heat-shrink tube.
Rebuilt.
Truing will wait until tomorrow.
(I've got a backlog of other wheels waiting for truing, so I'll batch them together.)
Took in Nomu Lab Wheel #5 for service.
It was supposed to be just a check-up,
but the request was to convert the outpokes to inpokes,
and to change the nipple color to red—
so I ended up needing to rebuild both wheels completely.
The rear hub is a PowerTap, so I pulled the axle to give it an inspection.
This wheel's previous incarnation was a rebuild from a PowerTap sticker rim,
and it was already fitted with heat-shrink tubing back then.
Actually, this is my first time seeing heat-shrink tubing that's been on the job for this long,
but it's holding up—no fraying, no rot. Nice work, heat-shrink tube.
Rebuilt.
Truing will wait until tomorrow.
(I've got a backlog of other wheels waiting for truing, so I'll batch them together.)