Another day with wheels (and so on).
The logo is so big it can't be hidden even on this body, so never mind.
I received a carbon WO rim wheel to work on.
It's built with all Shimano CX-RAY with 40 spokes per side,
but apparently the spokes rub against the frame when used on a road bike.
The customer's request is "make it so the spokes don't rub,"
but the drive side has very high spoke tension, and it doesn't seem like we can fix it just by tightening more,
so I decided to rebuild it.
(Actually, the rim was slightly off-center toward the drive side,
but even accounting for centering it, it's still difficult.)
There's a considerable gap between the freebody and the right flange of the hub body,
so you can tell it's a freeBody that's not compatible with Shimano 11-speed.
When discussing the rebuild, I asked, "Would you like me to swap the hub for an 11-speed compatible one?"
but they said this one is fine. Apparently their road bike stays at 10-speed anyway.
By the way, riding trails on an MTB is fun!
Note: the customer doesn't have prior knowledge like "radial lacing on the non-drive side is loose."
There are only two facts: "the spokes rub when riding" and "they're a very strong rider."
Alright!
Knowing the limits is really helpful!
Most Carbotec rims are 160 kgf, but this one is 130 kgf.
Built it up.
Semi-comp lacing with 46 spokes per side.
Personally I would've preferred silver spokes,
but since we're keeping the front wheel as-is, I went with black spokes to match the appearance.
I also considered doing black spoke lacing, but this time I skipped it.
I set the non-drive side spoke tension to about the same as before the rebuild
and first showed it to the customer.
"The spoke tension is about the same, right?
But the rim is offset toward the drive side by about one spoke width,
so from here on we can tension exclusively the non-drive side. Hehehe."
This isn't just from the mixed spoke count change from 40/40 to 40/46,
but also from the mixed spoke diameter change from all CX-RAY to semi-comp.
It was a nice stiff rim that was easy to build.
No idea which brand it is though.
The logo is so big it can't be hidden even on this body, so never mind.
I received a carbon WO rim wheel to work on.
It's built with all Shimano CX-RAY with 40 spokes per side,
but apparently the spokes rub against the frame when used on a road bike.
The customer's request is "make it so the spokes don't rub,"
but the drive side has very high spoke tension, and it doesn't seem like we can fix it just by tightening more,
so I decided to rebuild it.
(Actually, the rim was slightly off-center toward the drive side,
but even accounting for centering it, it's still difficult.)
There's a considerable gap between the freebody and the right flange of the hub body,
so you can tell it's a freeBody that's not compatible with Shimano 11-speed.
When discussing the rebuild, I asked, "Would you like me to swap the hub for an 11-speed compatible one?"
but they said this one is fine. Apparently their road bike stays at 10-speed anyway.
By the way, riding trails on an MTB is fun!
Note: the customer doesn't have prior knowledge like "radial lacing on the non-drive side is loose."
There are only two facts: "the spokes rub when riding" and "they're a very strong rider."
Alright!
Knowing the limits is really helpful!
Most Carbotec rims are 160 kgf, but this one is 130 kgf.
Built it up.
Semi-comp lacing with 46 spokes per side.
Personally I would've preferred silver spokes,
but since we're keeping the front wheel as-is, I went with black spokes to match the appearance.
I also considered doing black spoke lacing, but this time I skipped it.
I set the non-drive side spoke tension to about the same as before the rebuild
and first showed it to the customer.
"The spoke tension is about the same, right?
But the rim is offset toward the drive side by about one spoke width,
so from here on we can tension exclusively the non-drive side. Hehehe."
This isn't just from the mixed spoke count change from 40/40 to 40/46,
but also from the mixed spoke diameter change from all CX-RAY to semi-comp.
It was a nice stiff rim that was easy to build.
No idea which brand it is though.