checking why one of the spokes was making noise in the rear wheel (the only training racing clincher) and i discovered it is cracked from impact, nice clean stretch crack from the top edge of the brake track, through the center of the eyeletted spoke hole and to the other side.
well at least i brushed the rust off my wheel building skillz... I'd prefer to find another Sun ME14A so i don't have to thread spokes or re-lace them. It is one thing to have access to the spoke inventory at a place like Velocipede Peddler in East Lansing, when creating something new, that or just ordering what you need from from a distributor is the new thing but waiting stifles the creativity and opportunity, esp when there isn't a 4' row of unlaced rims to choose from. (okay maybe it was only 3' and less than that after they moved from the strip to the 'new' building).
The Sun rim lasted this long, if i can get a second one it should last at least 1/2 as long and if so that's decent enough. The hub is an old FH-1056, kind of dated but you know what? It still works. Has taken a flogging and still rolls along so smoothly. Swapping the rim over is the easiest and preferred, but the rim has an oddball ERD (603). But that's actually probably close enough to an Open Pro (602) to make the swap over.
Anyone have a[nother] 32 h open pro laying around unlaced collecting dust? JLS hooked me up a billion years ago when I wore the brake track down on the old Open Pro predecessor. Wearing shit out.
it is what GeWilli does best.
time to go get a new piece of plastic with my face on it before the old one expires - fun times at the RMV/DMV/Purgatory.
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