Another wheel day (and so on).
I know it sounds a bit presumptuous to say this, but I received a PowerTap wheel built by Wheel Builder Dot Com.
It might come across as condescending to write like this, but their work is really well done.
This one's an ENVE, but their builds on ZIPP (wheels) are especially nice.
(They use a certain trick that I don't employ)
The spokes on this wheel were noticeably long, and I think I know why that happened. I'll write about it later.
The customer's complaint was "it feels a bit soft somehow," but from what I can see, the tension was actually cranked up about as far as this lacing pattern (4-cross) can go.
I'm going to relace this CX-RAY from 4-cross to semi-comp 4-cross 6-spoke (half-comp 4/6).
The customer requested tied-and-soldered connections, so I'll use silver spokes.
Also, since it's JIS-laced, I'll change it to Italian-style lacing while I'm at it—hehehehe
Disassembled it.
The bearings weren't shot, so I'll just regrease them.
Replaced the worn-out tape
with heat-shrink tubing.
Disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly complete~
Built it up.
I've tied and soldered the non-drive side.
The non-drive side spoke tension measured before tying and soldering came to 111% of the pre-rebuild average.
However, since the drive-side tension isn't the same as before the rebuild,
the difference between 4-cross and 4-cross 6-spoke isn't necessarily 11%.
The wheel didn't feel that soft before the rebuild either,
so I needed concrete proof that "it got stiffer after relacing!"
As for the spoke length before the rebuild—it was quite long.
The threads were completely protruding from the nipple,
and there was no way to even get another full turn of tightening in.
Not like Wheel Builder Dot Com at all—a rare mistake.
The reason the spokes were too long (probably): was this rim a clincher instead of tubular?
On the ENVE 1-45 rim, the tubular and clincher (WO) versions have different rim inside diameters (support widths).
The clincher rim has a radius about 1mm smaller, so if you build it with tubular spoke length,
you end up with exactly the situation we had before the rebuild.
It's just a guess, but on the other ENVEs that company has built, spoke length falls in the proper range,
so I suspect that's where this mistake came from.
I know it sounds a bit presumptuous to say this, but I received a PowerTap wheel built by Wheel Builder Dot Com.
It might come across as condescending to write like this, but their work is really well done.
This one's an ENVE, but their builds on ZIPP (wheels) are especially nice.
(They use a certain trick that I don't employ)
The spokes on this wheel were noticeably long, and I think I know why that happened. I'll write about it later.
The customer's complaint was "it feels a bit soft somehow," but from what I can see, the tension was actually cranked up about as far as this lacing pattern (4-cross) can go.
I'm going to relace this CX-RAY from 4-cross to semi-comp 4-cross 6-spoke (half-comp 4/6).
The customer requested tied-and-soldered connections, so I'll use silver spokes.
Disassembled it.
The bearings weren't shot, so I'll just regrease them.
Replaced the worn-out tape
with heat-shrink tubing.
Disassembly, cleaning, and reassembly complete~
Built it up.
I've tied and soldered the non-drive side.
The non-drive side spoke tension measured before tying and soldering came to 111% of the pre-rebuild average.
However, since the drive-side tension isn't the same as before the rebuild,
the difference between 4-cross and 4-cross 6-spoke isn't necessarily 11%.
The wheel didn't feel that soft before the rebuild either,
so I needed concrete proof that "it got stiffer after relacing!"
As for the spoke length before the rebuild—it was quite long.
The threads were completely protruding from the nipple,
and there was no way to even get another full turn of tightening in.
Not like Wheel Builder Dot Com at all—a rare mistake.
The reason the spokes were too long (probably): was this rim a clincher instead of tubular?
On the ENVE 1-45 rim, the tubular and clincher (WO) versions have different rim inside diameters (support widths).
The clincher rim has a radius about 1mm smaller, so if you build it with tubular spoke length,
you end up with exactly the situation we had before the rebuild.
It's just a guess, but on the other ENVEs that company has built, spoke length falls in the proper range,
so I suspect that's where this mistake came from.