Can you ask if they have a newsletter?

New Wheelset is done. 'New' I suppose, hubs are used.

Front wheel pattern is +4, +4, +4, +4, -4, -4, -4,-4

Rear wheel pattern is 3x Driveside with radical NDS.

I am going to do a sweet skid with these and BOTH wheels are going to crumple.

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Big Dom Smith Moments are back

Bobby Dalbec hit a bomb on NPB opening day, thus starting his Cecil Fielder-esque return to the majors

Devers leading the league in average, who would have thunk it

91 is a great design

+4, +4, +4, +4, -4, -4, -4, -4

No interlacing

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Merlin Titanium pedal bikes, 3 of them hanging on the wall.

Bikes?

Bikes.

I have always said I am shipping 'photos' when asked when I send a PWE to the states, haven't had to fill out any forms. I did have to pay extra postage though

Yes I like them, one day the planets will align and I will have a hub, a rim, and the correct length spokes sitting around to build one

Ah more I think that it looks cool and will work. Any incremental gains or losses won't really be noticeable, given the situation with the bike the wheel will be going on.

I think I am going to run it on a future build, might mock up a few other patterns before I decide though

Twist only, opposite both sides

I can't believe I tensioned this one up all the way. Looks amazing though. I have other plans for this hub but I think I might get a front wheel at the bike co-op and re-lace it to this pattern just to have one.

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Close up of laced hub, showing spoke pattern

Close up of laced hub, showing spoke pattern

Another one, leading elbows out spokes are +1, trailing heads out spokes are -3. Not a fan.

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Laced front wheel, close up of hub + lacing pattern

Laced front wheel

Here is a +3, 0, 0, -3. This was fun to lace up, looks very nice too.

Leading spoke is 3 rim holes to the right of radial, next two spokes are radial, trailing spoke is -3 rim holes to the left of radial

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Bike rim, pile of spokes, unlaced front hub, all on wood floor

Saturday morning, let's try some patterns

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a man with a beard is smiling with his mouth open ALT: a man with a beard is smiling with his mouth open

Keep going

Should I build another bike?

Y/y

Dick McAuliffe Red Sox legend

I am struggling with this math, the fundamental principle of bikes is n+1 with all other equations derived from there. I just can't see 4 being an acceptable solution.

Small hop at the seam but when in life do you not experience that?

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Red Sox legend

Looking through valve hole to see hub branding

Like a pro

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Rim laced into hub

I am going to put it on the stand later tonight but all laced up!

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Rim, hub, spokes and spoke wrench. Wood floor background

Re-building a wheel

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I am reading The Baseball 100 right now, I did not know this one existed I will be reading it next though

Bowman Chrome Meteoric Rise Refractor. Nomar Garciaparra finishing a swing, watching the ball bomb off into left field.

56 days until Opening Day.....which is the number of home runs Nomar once hit in a single season.

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2020 Topps Xander Bogaerts, red refractor, 1986 style. Baseball man batting

What I find most interesting about this card, like a lot from 2021, is the empty stands in the background.

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1999 SP Signature Nomar Garciaparra, PSA 6, 9 on the auto.

PSA 6? Well I guess it makes sense, that is the number of SF bunts Nomar had in his career.

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This would be a great time to learn how to build wheels. I am not sure if you can swap the freehub bodies, but in order to swap the hubs, a few dimensions would have to match otherwise there might be issues with incorrect spoke length.