Another wheel day (and so on).
I've taken on a carbon rim from Kogei Cycling for a customer.
Search for KOGEI and you'll find them! (shameless plug)
Front wheel is 20H and rear wheel is 24H.
The work itself is nothing out of the ordinary.
Front wheel is CX-RAY with inpoke radial lacing per the customer's request,
and the rear wheel is semi-comp 4-cross with solder joints.
This rim specs out to handle spoke tension up to 180 kgf,
but you can't actually pull standard nipple spokes that tight.
Honestly, anything above 130–140 kgf doesn't really
reduce spoke deformation much or noticeably stiffen the ride,
so there's no real need to go that high.
That said, I was tempted by that 180 kgf rating and went a bit on the tense side anyway.
I've taken on a carbon rim from Kogei Cycling for a customer.
Search for KOGEI and you'll find them! (shameless plug)
Front wheel is 20H and rear wheel is 24H.
The work itself is nothing out of the ordinary.
Front wheel is CX-RAY with inpoke radial lacing per the customer's request,
and the rear wheel is semi-comp 4-cross with solder joints.
This rim specs out to handle spoke tension up to 180 kgf,
but you can't actually pull standard nipple spokes that tight.
Honestly, anything above 130–140 kgf doesn't really
reduce spoke deformation much or noticeably stiffen the ride,
so there's no real need to go that high.
That said, I was tempted by that 180 kgf rating and went a bit on the tense side anyway.