Another day, another wheel (and so on).
A PowerTap G3 hub arrived for me to work on.
It's new, but it didn't arrive completely disassembled.
That's because the accompanying note mentioned "tape cutting with no enthusiasm" (sic).
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 spokes or semi-comp, and
left the decision to me, so I went with semi-comp.
Full CX-RAY would give me a bigger margin, but
lightness alone isn't what makes a good wheel—
they also wanted it tight and crisp, so that was the deciding factor.
The rim is high-profile and the hub has large flanges too,
plus the flange diameters are the same left and right, so the correction range for asymmetrical spoke patterns is quite good—
I managed to get it to a point where you'd think "eh, you don't even need lacing for this" (heh heh).
But I'll still do the lacing. It's what the customer wants.
They also asked for a front wheel.
If possible they wanted a front 18H Tni Wing hub,
but they were also interested in a Leaf hub... so
I went with an Evo Lite hub (エボライトハブ) in 20H.
This relates to their request for a radial lacing pattern.
The reason they didn't list the Evo Lite hub as an option
is because by the time I received the PowerTap hub, my slow turnaround meant
the Evo Lite hub wasn't even on the table yet.
Ugh, I messed up!
There was a note saying "want the actual measured weight of the rim" but I forgot to weigh it!
Heh heh heh... Could it be... you're looking for this?
↑That's the stuff. Keep it up.
A PowerTap G3 hub arrived for me to work on.
It's new, but it didn't arrive completely disassembled.
That's because the accompanying note mentioned "tape cutting with no enthusiasm" (sic).
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 spokes or semi-comp, and
left the decision to me, so I went with semi-comp.
lightness alone isn't what makes a good wheel—
they also wanted it tight and crisp, so that was the deciding factor.
The rim is high-profile and the hub has large flanges too,
plus the flange diameters are the same left and right, so the correction range for asymmetrical spoke patterns is quite good—
I managed to get it to a point where you'd think "eh, you don't even need lacing for this" (heh heh).
But I'll still do the lacing. It's what the customer wants.
They also asked for a front wheel.
If possible they wanted a front 18H Tni Wing hub,
but they were also interested in a Leaf hub... so
I went with an Evo Lite hub (エボライトハブ) in 20H.
This relates to their request for a radial lacing pattern.
The reason they didn't list the Evo Lite hub as an option
is because by the time I received the PowerTap hub, my slow turnaround meant
the Evo Lite hub wasn't even on the table yet.
Ugh, I messed up!
There was a note saying "want the actual measured weight of the rim" but I forgot to weigh it!
Heh heh heh... Could it be... you're looking for this?
↑That's the stuff. Keep it up.