A customer dropped off a pair of CADEX 50 Ultra
front and rear wheels with me.
Both front and rear wheels had no issues
with hub bearing rotation.
The customer wanted truing and inspection,
so I started with the front wheel.
The provisional center was spot on,
but there was lateral runout on both sides.
If I really searched for it, there should be
a phase where the center offset becomes detectable.
Here's the wheel center after completing
the truing work.
There may be some drift mixed in from
the truing process itself.
Unlike the provisional center I saw initially,
the lateral runout is now gone,
so this pattern appears regardless of which phase I measure at.
From that state,
I adjusted the center by focusing on retightening the nipples.
For the rear wheel, I forgot to take photos.
Provisional center was spot on,
lateral runout was nearly nonexistent (just very minor at 2 spots)
—much better condition than the front wheel.
Honestly, if this were my own wheel, I wouldn't go so far as to peel off the rim tape just to true it,
but since it was sent by a customer from out of town,
I did a thorough adjustment.
Also, I applied Scope Cycling grease
to the nipple area.
This is unrelated to today's wheels, but
I'll mention two things about CADEX.
Some time ago I serviced a CADEX 50 Ultra rear wheel
after the customer swapped it to a Campagnolo N3W freebody,
and the customer wanted the freewheel noise
during coasting to be as quiet as possible,
so on that wheel I applied Scope Cycling grease
(the standard engagement grease, not the silence version)
quite generously.
The other thing is,
with a CADEX that was also used on a race expedition to France,
water got inside the rim during rain riding,
and at low speeds it made a sloshing sound
like a drum washing machine.
Plus, the water drainage was tedious—
I had to remove the tire, position the valve hole at the bottom,
and leave it overnight to drain.
Because of that, I sealed around the nipples on that wheel.
I received a question from another CADEX owner asking
whether similar sealing treatment is essential
for CADEX wheels.
To that, I'd say that the user doing the sealing
uses their bike in such an extremely demanding way
that for most people, such treatment isn't necessary.
front and rear wheels with me.
Both front and rear wheels had no issues
with hub bearing rotation.
The customer wanted truing and inspection,
so I started with the front wheel.
The provisional center was spot on,
but there was lateral runout on both sides.
If I really searched for it, there should be
a phase where the center offset becomes detectable.
Here's the wheel center after completing
the truing work.
There may be some drift mixed in from
the truing process itself.
Unlike the provisional center I saw initially,
the lateral runout is now gone,
so this pattern appears regardless of which phase I measure at.
From that state,
I adjusted the center by focusing on retightening the nipples.
For the rear wheel, I forgot to take photos.
Provisional center was spot on,
lateral runout was nearly nonexistent (just very minor at 2 spots)
—much better condition than the front wheel.
Honestly, if this were my own wheel, I wouldn't go so far as to peel off the rim tape just to true it,
but since it was sent by a customer from out of town,
I did a thorough adjustment.
Also, I applied Scope Cycling grease
to the nipple area.
This is unrelated to today's wheels, but
I'll mention two things about CADEX.
Some time ago I serviced a CADEX 50 Ultra rear wheel
after the customer swapped it to a Campagnolo N3W freebody,
and the customer wanted the freewheel noise
during coasting to be as quiet as possible,
so on that wheel I applied Scope Cycling grease
(the standard engagement grease, not the silence version)
quite generously.
The other thing is,
with a CADEX that was also used on a race expedition to France,
water got inside the rim during rain riding,
and at low speeds it made a sloshing sound
like a drum washing machine.
Plus, the water drainage was tedious—
I had to remove the tire, position the valve hole at the bottom,
and leave it overnight to drain.
Because of that, I sealed around the nipples on that wheel.
I received a question from another CADEX owner asking
whether similar sealing treatment is essential
for CADEX wheels.
To that, I'd say that the user doing the sealing
uses their bike in such an extremely demanding way
that for most people, such treatment isn't necessary.