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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: oberonspacefruit on June 19, 2006, 08:52 AM

Title: spoke tension.
Post by: oberonspacefruit on June 19, 2006, 08:52 AM

re spoked my first wheel yesterday, and it spins pretty true.

how tight should the spokes be though?

being a musician, i have tightened the all to roughly the same tension, so they play the same note when you ping them.

any advice?

Title: Re: spoke tension.
Post by: harris on June 19, 2006, 09:16 AM

just get a good wheel and feel them i do mine until they creek.pritty dame tight.

Title: Re: spoke tension.
Post by: Sanmarcopizza on June 19, 2006, 11:14 AM

I would make them pretty tight. Bare in mind that you will need to re-tension them once it's been ridden.