Another day on wheels (and so on...).
The rim for Nomu Lab Wheel #2 came in.
Built the front wheel right away.
Not building the rear wheel today because our DT Competition stock is looking a bit sketchy.
It's not gone, but I want to keep enough on hand for emergency wheel repairs.
About 700 spokes arrive tomorrow.
I figured that with 24H semi-comp wheels only burning through 12 spokes on the freewheel side, 700 would be plenty—but then you get an order for a full-comp front and rear 32H setup and suddenly 64 spokes vanish at once, so you can't let your guard down.
Outpoke radial.
The lottery landed on a Tni hub this round.
Should be getting a replacement hub soon.
Got some Continental Competition tubulars from a customer.
These tires—the inner diameter is unusually tight, but only on the 19C. The 22C is relatively easy to mount (compared to typical tubulars anyway), so you can get them on without needing the Y-stretcher.
Even the 19C varies between samples—some you can make work with effort—but most won't cooperate. There *is* a way to mount the impossible ones, but it's a method you shouldn't demonstrate to customers because the technique looks so unsightly.
But today I was already using the Y-stretcher for something else.
Been having conflicts with this tool's availability a lot lately.
Thinking about whether to make another one or maybe go with a quad setup. Still undecided.
The rim for Nomu Lab Wheel #2 came in.
Built the front wheel right away.
Not building the rear wheel today because our DT Competition stock is looking a bit sketchy.
It's not gone, but I want to keep enough on hand for emergency wheel repairs.
About 700 spokes arrive tomorrow.
I figured that with 24H semi-comp wheels only burning through 12 spokes on the freewheel side, 700 would be plenty—but then you get an order for a full-comp front and rear 32H setup and suddenly 64 spokes vanish at once, so you can't let your guard down.
Outpoke radial.
The lottery landed on a Tni hub this round.
Should be getting a replacement hub soon.
Got some Continental Competition tubulars from a customer.
These tires—the inner diameter is unusually tight, but only on the 19C. The 22C is relatively easy to mount (compared to typical tubulars anyway), so you can get them on without needing the Y-stretcher.
Even the 19C varies between samples—some you can make work with effort—but most won't cooperate. There *is* a way to mount the impossible ones, but it's a method you shouldn't demonstrate to customers because the technique looks so unsightly.
But today I was already using the Y-stretcher for something else.
Been having conflicts with this tool's availability a lot lately.
Thinking about whether to make another one or maybe go with a quad setup. Still undecided.