Got an email this morning letting me know the respoking was finished and I could come pick up the wheel any time. "Hot damn" I said to nobody, and set off to the little business complex with the bike shop in it.
However, I became distracted by a ramen shop.
I would've gotten a photo of the ramen before I started eating it, but I was ravenous.
Om nom nom...
Nomming complete. Cry about bill, then resume bicycle mission.
I was assured these spokes are much higher grade and stronger than the ones I had. They certainly look it. I was also advised to pick up a tensioner wrench to tighten the nipples myself as needed. Who doesn't need their nipples tightened now and then? I know I do.
I'm not too keen on the idea of extra maintenance. But it's something I was supposed to be doing already, I just didn't know about it. Hopefully I'll be able to take care of spoke stuff myself going forward. That was one of the big ideas behind this bike after all, being able to perform all or nearly all maintenance on it by myself.
Mothafucken STICKAZ!! :0 Yee. I deliberated over whether it would look cooler without any, but these were absolutely necessary additions. Besides the one on top which warns would-be thieves that it's GPS tracked, I had some VR stickers from VR thing I attended and nothing I wanted to stick them on until now.
Other side. The Oculus sticker doesn't show up too well, but w/e. STICKERS!! Ahaha. Ha. Anyways the ignition switch does nothing currently as the wheel was fixed before I got the safety relay thinger in the mail. When that comes I can built a passthru that will be controlled by the ignition on top.
This will make it slightly more difficult to steal. Quickly, anyway. I have the hole drilled for the M8 bolt which will attach the kickstand, but no bolt yet. Also no chain obviously, still a lot of work to be done. Watch this space for more.