Another day with wheels (and so on).
What's wrong with using my own stuff! ← defensive about it
I built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel #9.
Against the spec of 273g,
the rims I initially got for my own use were 273g and 272g,
and the rims I got later for customers were
273g and 285g,
so I contacted the customer and swapped
the 285g rim for a 272g one (→here).
So my rims became 273g and 285g,
and I was supposed to use the heavier rim for the front wheel...but
at that point, I'd already done a temporary build
of the front wheel trying to use the heavier one
from the 273g and 272g,
and since it's a hassle to take it apart now,
the front wheel in the image above—
currently in temporary build state with spoke tension not yet tensioned—
is built with the 273g rim.
↑Unlike the image I posted the other day,
I arranged the nipples not in silver
but in rainbow (VAS) pattern,
though the total weight didn't change.
Against the estimated weight of 540g
when assuming the rim weight at the spec 273g,
the front hub came in 3g lighter than spec,
and the CX-RAY spoke bundle was 1g lighter,
so it came out to 536g.
Built.
Revo disc hub, 24H, semi-CX sprint laced
in inverted Italian 64-spoke pattern with spoke nipples
arranged in rainbow (VAS) configuration.
This rim is ultra-lightweight, but
even when I pushed hard on the rim sidewall with my finger,
there was no creaky, dented feeling.
It's like they're using thin carbon laminate held together
with the latest epoxy impregnation technology.
When building the wheel, I didn't feel like I was
walking on thin ice thinking,
"If I tighten the nipples even half a turn more,
the rim hole might crack..."
Instead, there was very little friction resistance with the nipples,
and I could tension them smoothly.
Apart from the lacing, the wheel build alone
probably didn't take even 30 minutes.
～Bonus～
I playfully mounted a certain tire on it.
Here's what was playful about it:
On a rim with an inner width of 23.5mm,
I mounted a vintage ETRTO 20C tire.
Viewed from directly above, the rim's bead hook
sticks out visibly beyond the tire.
↑Viewed from the front, it looks like this
The tire is way too tight—
the tire's cross-section forms a parabolic curve,
and the tire sidewall taper is sketchy.
Of course, I won't use it like this.
What's wrong with using my own stuff! ← defensive about it
I built the front wheel for Nomu Lab Wheel #9.
Against the spec of 273g,
the rims I initially got for my own use were 273g and 272g,
and the rims I got later for customers were
273g and 285g,
so I contacted the customer and swapped
the 285g rim for a 272g one (→here).
So my rims became 273g and 285g,
and I was supposed to use the heavier rim for the front wheel...but
at that point, I'd already done a temporary build
of the front wheel trying to use the heavier one
from the 273g and 272g,
and since it's a hassle to take it apart now,
the front wheel in the image above—
currently in temporary build state with spoke tension not yet tensioned—
is built with the 273g rim.
↑Unlike the image I posted the other day,
I arranged the nipples not in silver
but in rainbow (VAS) pattern,
though the total weight didn't change.
Against the estimated weight of 540g
when assuming the rim weight at the spec 273g,
the front hub came in 3g lighter than spec,
and the CX-RAY spoke bundle was 1g lighter,
so it came out to 536g.
Built.
Revo disc hub, 24H, semi-CX sprint laced
in inverted Italian 64-spoke pattern with spoke nipples
arranged in rainbow (VAS) configuration.
This rim is ultra-lightweight, but
even when I pushed hard on the rim sidewall with my finger,
there was no creaky, dented feeling.
It's like they're using thin carbon laminate held together
with the latest epoxy impregnation technology.
When building the wheel, I didn't feel like I was
walking on thin ice thinking,
"If I tighten the nipples even half a turn more,
the rim hole might crack..."
Instead, there was very little friction resistance with the nipples,
and I could tension them smoothly.
Apart from the lacing, the wheel build alone
probably didn't take even 30 minutes.
～Bonus～
I playfully mounted a certain tire on it.
Here's what was playful about it:
On a rim with an inner width of 23.5mm,
I mounted a vintage ETRTO 20C tire.
Viewed from directly above, the rim's bead hook
sticks out visibly beyond the tire.
↑Viewed from the front, it looks like this
The tire is way too tight—
the tire's cross-section forms a parabolic curve,
and the tire sidewall taper is sketchy.
Of course, I won't use it like this.