Another day, another wheel (and so on).
Some time back, I rebuilt the rear wheel on a 7900 C35 carbon rim with a Tni hub for 11-speed, and I've had the front wheel on hold since the customer wanted that rebuilt too.
For the rebuild, radial lacing is still the optimal solution.
The 7900 front hub dimensions aren't particularly bad, so I did mention that the Tni hub is theoretically at a disadvantage just because of the straight-spoke design—but since the rear wheel got rewound with silver spokes, there's no color unity between them.
So I went ahead and rebuilt it.
Hmm... I can't say with absolute confidence that it's better than before the rebuild.
But I did my best to tension it properly for these conditions.
The spoke tension is slightly higher than before the rebuild, but there was already some settling when it was brought in, so it should end up around the same as Shimano's fresh-out-of-the-box tension.
With Revolution or Laser spokes, I'd definitely crank them into that "unyooon" zone.
Using inpoke all the way through—it's not my own stubborn workaround, it's what the customer wanted.
Some time back, I rebuilt the rear wheel on a 7900 C35 carbon rim with a Tni hub for 11-speed, and I've had the front wheel on hold since the customer wanted that rebuilt too.
For the rebuild, radial lacing is still the optimal solution.
The 7900 front hub dimensions aren't particularly bad, so I did mention that the Tni hub is theoretically at a disadvantage just because of the straight-spoke design—but since the rear wheel got rewound with silver spokes, there's no color unity between them.
So I went ahead and rebuilt it.
Hmm... I can't say with absolute confidence that it's better than before the rebuild.
But I did my best to tension it properly for these conditions.
The spoke tension is slightly higher than before the rebuild, but there was already some settling when it was brought in, so it should end up around the same as Shimano's fresh-out-of-the-box tension.
With Revolution or Laser spokes, I'd definitely crank them into that "unyooon" zone.
Using inpoke all the way through—it's not my own stubborn workaround, it's what the customer wanted.