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Built a rear wheel with a 50mm high tubular rim

Another wheel build today (and so on...).
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Built a rear wheel with a 50mm high tubular rim.

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Novatech FS522 straight-pull hub
Freewheel side: black CX Sprint
Non-freewheel side: spokes from a certain complete wheelset
Forced left-right 2-cross pattern with black aluminum nipples.

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Wove the final crossing on both sides.
After building it, I initially thought spoke tying wouldn't be necessary,
but upon assembly I determined that spoke tying was essential after all.

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