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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-16-20, 06:08 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

i've no access to these tools so i use my bicycle...

i've no access to these tools so i use my bicycle frame and my fingernails. i'm sure building a wheel using those tools is much easier but my experience has been pretty educational :)


Thank god...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-13-20, 03:44 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

I haven't followed the chart (for now) as i...

I haven't followed the chart (for now) as i wasn't confident enough to tell whether the pitch was the same (used an app called pitch pipe to generate the G)
but i managed to tension NDS spokes up to...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 02:30 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

BTW, i wanted to thank you for that tip with the...

BTW, i wanted to thank you for that tip with the thumbnail :thumb:it's much more reliable than checking by sight and less expensive than sheldon brown's method with filing a screwdriver's head..
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 02:07 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

I hope i'll get that experience too when i get...

I hope i'll get that experience too when i get hold of a tensiometer :thumb:

Sheldon Brown's website is like a bible, it got me hooked into bicycle mechanics and gave me the courage to do...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 02:02 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Thanks SB, i've used that chart the first time...

Thanks SB, i've used that chart the first time i've re-built a wheel ( just changed the hub, relaced, trued and tensioned ) but the rim developed cracks around drive-side eyelets then the cracks...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 01:54 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

I've watched the video on youtube featuring him,...

I've watched the video on youtube featuring him, and i remember him using an electronic tensiometer...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 01:50 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

That's nice... when everything is equally...

That's nice... when everything is equally tensioned and true, how do you know that your wheel is not over -- or under -- tensioned ?
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 01:46 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

No i'm building with a new aluminum rim that has...

No i'm building with a new aluminum rim that has recessed spoke holes and eyelets. I have been following the methods described in the books i've mentioned with some tips found here on the forum and...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 01:30 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Hi pdlamb, i don't remember having expressed...

Hi pdlamb, i don't remember having expressed antagonism against tensiometers, it's just that they are unavailable where i live, there is no international purchasing either so i'm limited to what i...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-11-20, 01:25 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Sorry Bill, i wish i had the possibility to use...

Sorry Bill, i wish i had the possibility to use it, but as i've already said, wheel builders are rare where i live , and i never came across a tensiometer. But thanks for the advice !
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-10-20, 11:11 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

:roflmao2: i've tried that method, but...

:roflmao2:


i've tried that method, but each time i finish a tensioning round the wheel gets out of true, so i keep repeating that process until the spokes become really tight. I haven't noticed...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-10-20, 07:48 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Yeah, no way to find such tools in here... The DS...

Yeah, no way to find such tools in here... The DS spokes have a clear uniform ping unlike the NDS ones.. i wonder how wheel builders knew when the build was tight enough before tensionometers came..
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-10-20, 07:36 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Thanks for the tips SB ! That is important...

Thanks for the tips SB ! That is important indeed, but how to tell the spokes are tight just right?
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-10-20, 07:24 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Thanks John, it's not exactly a desert island,...

Thanks John, it's not exactly a desert island, but the only "out of factory wheels" i've seen were on modern bikes with much fewer spokes.. unlike the 36-hole rims i have.

I weigh 80kg (175lb) and...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
08-10-20, 06:31 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,561
Posted By holytrousers

Good wheel tension by Feel

Hello Everyone, in this thread i would like to know about your experience with tensioning wheels without relying on tensiometers.
I've read several books about wheel building and it seems to me that...
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