Originally Posted by
Dean51
Let me begin with a confession....building wheels is one of my first-favorite things to do!
Like many other wheel builders, I take pride in orienting the rim to the hub in what I understand to be the generally accepted conventions. In short, where labels exist, I orient the rim so it's label is readable from the right (drive) side of the bike. Hub labels are readable through the rim's valve hole when standing over (or behind) the bike.
Here is an example of what should be visible on an older Campy rear hub when looking through the valve hole. Note the
text is right side up when standing over (or behind) the bike.
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Now take a look at that I encountered yesterday while building up another older Campy rear hub. The
text is upside down when standing over (or behind) the bike.
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Have any of you encountered something similar? Could this have been a factory oops? What say you fellow wheel builders???
Dean
At Trek the understanding was that you could read the hub and the rim from the rear, right corner. So as you looked down you could read the hub and rim. Love your idea of seeing them through the valve hole.