Another wheel build today (and so on).
I received a PowerTap G3 hub on consignment.
It's new, but it didn't arrive disassembled.
The enclosed letter mentioned "halfhearted tape cutoff" (exact quote).
W-what kind of Nomu Lab jargon is this?!
The customer wants me to build Nomu Lab wheel #2 using this hub.
Built it.
They were torn between full CX-RAY or semi-comp,
and left the decision to me, so I went with semi-comp.
Full CX-RAY would've given me better margins
because it's not just about keeping it light—
they also wanted something that feels solid and stiff.
The rim's tall, the hub has large flanges,
and since the flanges are the same diameter on both sides, the correction potential for asymmetric lacing is high—
I managed to get it to a level where, heh heh, you might think "we don't even need a spoke washer."
But I'll do a spoke washer anyway. The customer wants it.
They also asked me to build the front wheel.
They said if possible they'd like a front 18H Tni wing hub,
but they were also interested in a Leaf hub...
so I went with an Evo Lite hub, 20H.
This relates to their request for inpoke radial lacing.
The customer didn't list the Evo Lite as an option
because, thanks to my sluggish turnaround, when I first received the PowerTap hub,
the Evo Lite wasn't even a choice yet.
Aw man! I messed up!
There was a note saying "want to know the actual weight of the rim," but I forgot to measure it!
Hehehehe... Might you be looking for this?
↑Nice, keep going
I received a PowerTap G3 hub on consignment.
It's new, but it didn't arrive disassembled.
The enclosed letter mentioned "halfhearted tape cutoff" (exact quote).
W-what kind of Nomu Lab jargon is this?!
The customer wants me to build Nomu Lab wheel #2 using this hub.
Built it.
They were torn between full CX-RAY or semi-comp,
and left the decision to me, so I went with semi-comp.
because it's not just about keeping it light—
they also wanted something that feels solid and stiff.
The rim's tall, the hub has large flanges,
and since the flanges are the same diameter on both sides, the correction potential for asymmetric lacing is high—
I managed to get it to a level where, heh heh, you might think "we don't even need a spoke washer."
But I'll do a spoke washer anyway. The customer wants it.
They also asked me to build the front wheel.
They said if possible they'd like a front 18H Tni wing hub,
but they were also interested in a Leaf hub...
so I went with an Evo Lite hub, 20H.
This relates to their request for inpoke radial lacing.
The customer didn't list the Evo Lite as an option
because, thanks to my sluggish turnaround, when I first received the PowerTap hub,
the Evo Lite wasn't even a choice yet.
Aw man! I messed up!
There was a note saying "want to know the actual weight of the rim," but I forgot to measure it!
Hehehehe... Might you be looking for this?
↑Nice, keep going