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Cormac Eason

Posted: 09/10/06 16:53:57 57


Message:	Once the wheel is built to the tension you want then you up the spoke tension by twisting the spokes against eachother with a suitable lever (Or by squeezing parallel pairs of spokes together). This is not done by winding the spoke nipples tighter (Generally once you're in the ballpark for the correct tension on the wheel the spoke nipples will be quite difficult to turn (Even if you oil the threads, which I'd recommend - It gives a more consistent feel to the tensioning with the spoke key, as well as allowing higher tensions to be reached) - The spoke nipples tend to round off before you get to the kind of tensions that will break spokes anyway, so that sets the upper building limit - unless you're running a very lightweight rim/spokes/hub).
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