yet another spoke thread

In this picture you are looking at the rim head on. Not from the side.
Is this what you are saying? I dont quite undestand you. (Tell me if
the drawing doesnt make sense and Ill try to re do it)

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Quoted message said:

Originally Posted by Jerrick
Only problem with my nipples is when I twisted one the wrong way too
many times and it popped off

Quoted message said:

Originally Posted by Brian MacKenzie
Have you tried rubbing your nipples with grease before twisting them so
tightly?

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No, ideally what you want to do is find two spokes near each other which
are on opposite sides of the wheel, which are *both* loose, and tighten
them both.

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Oh, ok. But then I still have random spokes around the hub which are
still a bit loose, and your saying thats OK?

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grawistkafn

Quoted message said:

Originally Posted by Jerrick
Only problem with my nipples is when I twisted one the wrong way too
many times and it popped off

Quoted message said:

Originally Posted by Brian MacKenzie
Have you tried rubbing your nipples with grease before twisting them so
tightly?

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grawistkafn said:

Oh, ok. But then I still have random spokes around the hub which are
still a bit loose, and your saying thats OK?

If you have to choose between the spokes being tight, and the rim being
true, choose the former. If the rim is true but there are loose
spokes, the rim won't stay true long anyway.

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just tighten all ur sopkes till they r the same.. use ur head man..

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Spoke tensiometer. Guitar pick works too, just not as well.....at all.

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Evan Byrne said:

Spoke tensiometer. Guitar pick works too, just not as well.....at all.

I don't think a tensiometer is useful when trying to even up spoke
tension, except maybe if you are deaf. Plucking the spokes with your
finger is all that's needed. Higher pitch means higher tension, a
dull thud is a grossly loose spoke.

I learned a while ago that, for out of kilter wheels, it can be easier
to start over than to try to get even tension directly. Maybe a real
wheel wizard can do it efficiently, but I just loosen all the nipples
so one thread is exposed, then tighten them all the same amount to
moderate tension and then true, tension, and stress-relieve. That
way, the wheel will start very close to round, and as along as you
take care it will stay that way.

In practice, there will always be some variation in spoke tension.
You want them all in as narrow a range as you can get, though.

Ken