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How effective is checking spoke tension by ear?
Sheldon Brown's Wheelbuilding page links to the article: Check Spoke Tension by Ear. Obviously a tensiometer would be ideal, but Sheldon suggests that checking spoke tension by ear is a reasonable ...
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How do I align a wheel?
I broke a couple of spokes on my wheel, now it's all bent, how can I align it back again? What kind of tools do I need to do a good job?
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How do I calculate spoke length?
I have lots of bikes and lots of interesting wheel sizes, I would like to know how to calculate the right spoke lengths for a wheel.
I appreciate that there are probably rather a lot of variables but ...
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Why am I breaking a ridiculous number of spokes?
First, this is a follow up to this:
Why does my back wheel keep becoming untrue?
(The short version is I bought a used bike a few weeks ago, I broke a spoke on the back wheel, replaced the spoke, ...
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Which size spoke tool. Currently size 14
I have this spoke tool. The number I use on this tool is 14. I use it on a hybrid mountain bike.
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I want to get one which is easier to use but I do not know which size.
Here are the available ...
