A slight hitch in my bike building plans unfolded this week. My plan was to strip the heavy steel frame I've called Big Red and move all the parts over to the new Budnitz frame. The best laid plans, yada yada . . .
My front hub won't work with the new fork, which has a 12x100 through axle. The current hub has a cup and cone 9mm QR axle. I was hoping my hub had swapable end caps, but noooo. I considered just yanking the new CF fork and substituting a cromoly Surly fork I have on hand, but I doubt I'd have much luck selling the Budnitz fork . . . there are a bunch of similar ones on eBay. And it seemed a shame to buy a new frame and immediately start parting it out. So I'm stepping into the unknown, taking on a task I've never attempted: lacing a wheel. I ordered a suitable front hub to replace my current hub. It should be here next week. I've been watching YT videos to get a feel for the proper sequence. I think after this, I'm retiring from bike building.