New 24" front wheel built from mainly left over parts. Ordered the $35 SuperLight 79 from bikehubstore, used a spare Velocity Aeroheat 24" rim and shortened some straight gauge spokes using my newly acquired Hozan spoke threading machine.
Total weight: 600g.
Hub data
| WL, width from center to left flange | 33.65mm |
| WR, width from center to right flange | 33.65mm |
| dL, left flange diameter | 30mm |
| dR, right flange diameter | 30mm |
| S, spoke hole diameter | 2.0mm |
Rim data
Velocity Aeroheat 24" ERD - 485mm.
Spoke length data
| cross | left length | right length |
| 0 | 228.7 | 228.7 |
| 1 | 233.3 | 233.3 |
| 2 | 244.0 | 244.0 |
| 3 | 254.3 | 254.3 |
| 4 | 258.4 | 258.4 |
Radial lacing
I laced the wheel radially because:
- its a front wheel;
- with rim brakes; and
- the hub has radial lacing compatible flanges (they're strong enough).
32 hole rim, 16 hole hub
There's no special magic to getting this rim/hub spoke hole count arrangement to work. You just skip every second hole in the rim.
There is one issue to note. On a rim like the Aeroheat, the spoke holes are drilled in an alternating pattern. When using only 16 holes (and skipping every second hole) every second spoke goes into a hole intended for the other side flange. You may notice that every second spoke nipples will come out of the rim at a not ideal angle.
