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Checking spoke tension without specialized tools
I have laced and trued my first wheel (YAY!) at home, while in the fork. It is fairly true (to the point I used to pay money for), but I am not sure if the spokes are tensioned properly (I guess it is ...
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What causes a wheel to suddenly go out of true?
This morning I noticed that my wheel was suddenly out of true and rubbing against the brake pad at one point. My first guess was that I had broken a spoke, but all of them seem to be intact. A few ...
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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 ...
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misaligned wheel - could this cause problems?
Last summer I was on tour with my Trek 520 when my rear rim cracked. I found a bike shop, and they rebuilt the wheel with a new rim.
Recently I noticed the wheel was off center relative to the frame ...
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Should spoke tension be measured before or after adding a tube and tire?
I built my first set of wheels and measured the spoke tension when I finished. They were all uniformly tense at about 100kg of force.
Once I put the tire on, that measurement went down a little, to ...
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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?
