Another day of wheel building (and so on).


A while back, I rebuilt the rear wheel of a 7900 C35 carbon rim
with a Tni hub (Tni hub) for 11-speed, and the customer had me keep the front wheel
for rebuilding as well.
For a rebuild like this, radial lacing is the optimal solution.
The 7900 front hub dimensions aren't particularly bad,
so I mentioned that the Tni hub is theoretically at a disadvantage
compared to straight-pull spoke specs. With the rear wheel, I went with silver spokes
for appearance, so there's no color consistency between the two wheels.



Anyway, I went ahead and rebuilt it.
Ugh... I can't confidently say it's better than before the rebuild.
But given these circumstances, I did my best tensioning it.
The spoke tension is slightly higher than before the rebuild,
but I suspect it had already deteriorated when it was brought in,
so it should be about the same as Shimano's tension on a new wheel.
If it were Revolutions or Lasers, I'd definitely have cranked the tension way up.
The through-spokes... well, it's not really my obstinate attempt or anything—it's what the customer wanted.