november 2008/33 Condor UNO on Mavic Open Sport
Condor UNO hubs laced 3-cross to Mavic Open Sport rims in 32 hole drilling using DT Swiss Champion plain gauge spokes. Length for front and rear was 295mm. Plain brass nipples and all in silver. An excellent budget wheelset and a good choice for anyone starting out on the fixed gear route.
I used a slight modification to my usual 3-cross pre-cross technique in this build which made the final wheel a bit stronger and more even. When it came to the point of developing what I call initial tension, I used the Park TM-1 spoke tensiometer to check that they were all even. I got them all to be just under the 10 mark on the scale. Even though this process was a little bit laborious checking each spoke individually, it proved to set me up pretty well and meant that later stages of the process much easier. Why go by feel when you have a measuring device?