Another wheel build today (and so on...).
I built a fixed gear rear wheel with an 82mm high tubular rim.
The customer mentioned it was an 80mm high rim,
but when I measured it, it came out to 82.8mm.
Since the product number embedded on the rim's outer label
starts with "R82...",
it seems the manufacturer intended it to be 82mm.
DT Swiss fixed gear hub with double-threaded axle, 24-hole,
laced with all-black CX Sprint 36 Lacing JIS pattern.
I'll do the spoke prep later.
This is a pure racing wheel, not for street riding,
and the customer requested it be built so it won't
"feel squishy when jumping off the line"—
language that only comes from serious racers.
By the way, this customer already owns several wheels that we've built for them.
The round sticker on the large flange
of the hub shell (which DT SWISS designates as the nominal left side)
is slightly misaligned,
so when the wheel spins, the black sticker rotates off-center—
which bothers me, but I must not dwell on it.
I built a fixed gear rear wheel with an 82mm high tubular rim.
The customer mentioned it was an 80mm high rim,
but when I measured it, it came out to 82.8mm.
Since the product number embedded on the rim's outer label
starts with "R82...",
it seems the manufacturer intended it to be 82mm.
DT Swiss fixed gear hub with double-threaded axle, 24-hole,
laced with all-black CX Sprint 36 Lacing JIS pattern.
I'll do the spoke prep later.
This is a pure racing wheel, not for street riding,
and the customer requested it be built so it won't
"feel squishy when jumping off the line"—
language that only comes from serious racers.
By the way, this customer already owns several wheels that we've built for them.
The round sticker on the large flange
of the hub shell (which DT SWISS designates as the nominal left side)
is slightly misaligned,
so when the wheel spins, the black sticker rotates off-center—
which bothers me, but I must not dwell on it.