Another wheel day (and so on...).
I took in a rear wheel from a Rovialle Rapide CLX customer.
They wanted it rebuilt.
The final cross on the freewheel side—the side with more spokes in the 2:1 lacing pattern—wasn't woven in, so I need to weave it for the tie-in. I'm also swapping out the spokes on the non-freewheel side from Aero Lite to CX Sprint to increase spoke weight on that side.
Got it laced up.
Got it woven. I'll do the tie-in later.
The non-freewheel side is now CX Sprint. The hub flange spoke holes have a subtle left-right offset, so there are spots where weaving in isn't too strained. The original build actually wasn't woven in at those points. I went back and forth on this, but even after the spoke change, I left the non-freewheel side unweaven.
I took in a rear wheel from a Rovialle Rapide CLX customer.
They wanted it rebuilt.
The final cross on the freewheel side—the side with more spokes in the 2:1 lacing pattern—wasn't woven in, so I need to weave it for the tie-in. I'm also swapping out the spokes on the non-freewheel side from Aero Lite to CX Sprint to increase spoke weight on that side.
Got it laced up.
Got it woven. I'll do the tie-in later.
The non-freewheel side is now CX Sprint. The hub flange spoke holes have a subtle left-right offset, so there are spots where weaving in isn't too strained. The original build actually wasn't woven in at those points. I went back and forth on this, but even after the spoke change, I left the non-freewheel side unweaven.